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Filosea: Gromiida: Paulinellidae or Glaucophyta

Paulinella chromatophora
Lauterborn

Paulinella Genus: Test small ovoid in shape with siliceous scales in alternating transverse rows; pseudostome terminal; cell body does not fill the test completely; nucleus posterior (Kudo, 1966).
Species:


Paulinella chromatophora, with endosymbiotic cyanobacteria, cell body 25-28 μm long, 19 μm wide, x 640, Heisei-no-mori Park, Kawashima town, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, June 2002 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Paulinella Paulinella Paulinella Paulinella Paulinella Paulinella Paulinella


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