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Filosea: Gromiida: Paulinellidae or Glaucophyta

 Paulinella chromatophora
Lauterborn

Paulinella chromatophora 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 μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, No. 2, Torinome Kasen Park, NasuShiobara city (formerly Kuroiso city), Tochigi Pref., Japan, January 2, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Images of collecting locality: No. 2, Torinome Kasen Park, NasuShiobara city (formerly Kuroiso city), Tochigi Pref., Japan, January 2, 2008 by Y. Tsukii

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