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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 Lauterborn, test 30 μm long, 23μm wide, L/W=1.3, pseudostome μm wide, x 640, Futayo-no-ike (pond) near Haguro mountain, Haguro town, Yamagata Pref., Japan, July 10, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Paulinella chromatophora Paulinella chromatophora


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