Filosea
: Gromiida: Paulinellidae or Glaucophyta
Paulinella
chromatophora
Lauterborn
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
??, test
24
μm long,
16
μm wide, x 400, x 640, Shirakawa, Fukushima Pref., Japan, October 1999, collected by H. Shiomizu, photo by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
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