Codosiga botrytis
or Codonosiga botrytis (Ehrenberg) Kent
Syn.: Epistylis botrytis Ehrenberg
Genus: Individuals clustered at end of a simple or branching stalk; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).
Cells lacks periplast; collar well developed surrounding a single anterior flagellum;
2 or more posterior contractile vacuoles (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:
Cell body 8-30 μm long,
cysts with thick wall (Starmach, 1985).
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Codosiga botrytis,
cells 12 μm long, 9 μm wide,
with pointed base ?, clustered at end of a branching stalk, fresh water,
x 400, x 640, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima Pref., Japan, Ocotober 1998 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Codosiga Kent: Individuals clustered at end of a simple or branching stalk; fresh water
(Kudo, 1966).
Codosiga botrytis (Ehrenberg) Kent:
Cell body 8-30 μm long,
cysts with thick wall (Starmach, 1985).
Codosiga botrytis (Ehrenberg) Kent
var. globulosa (Kent) Francé (Syn: Monosiga globulosa Kent):
Cell body botryoidal (shaped like a bunch of grapes), 6-7 μm in diam.
(Starmach, 1985).
Codosiga botrytis (Ehrenberg) Kent
var. pyriformis (Kent) Francé (Syn: Codonosiga pyriformis Kent):
Cell body 6-25 μm long (Starmach, 1985).
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