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,
lorica 21 μm long, 16 μm wide,
x 640, Bessho-numa, Saitama city (formerly Urawa city), Saitama Pref., Japan, June 2001 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640