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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Polytoma

Polytoma Ehrenberg, 1830 (ref. ID; 4656) or 1832 (ref. ID; 6733)

[ref. ID; 3490]
The cell has no chloroplast, no eye-spot and no gelatinous sheath. (ref. ID; 3490)
  1. Polytoma fusiforme Korschikoff, 1929 (ref. ID; 4656)
  2. Polytoma obtusum Pascher (ref. ID; 3517)
  3. Polytoma papillatum Pascher (ref. ID; 3517) reported author and year? (ref. ID; 4845)
  4. Polytoma tetraolare Pascher (ref. ID; 3490, 3517)
  5. Polytoma uvella Ehrenberg, 1830 (ref. ID; 4656) reported year? (ref. ID; 3342, 3517) reported author and year? (ref. ID; 2658, 2659)

Polytoma tetraolare Pascher (ref. ID; 3490, 3517)

Descriptions

The colourless species is small and spherical, being 8-13 um in diameter. (ref. ID; 3490)

Polytoma uvella Ehrenberg, 1830 (ref. ID; 4656) reported year? (ref. ID; 3342, 3517) reported author and year? (ref. ID; 2658, 2659)

Measurements

13.5-22x8.7-13 um. (ref. ID; 3342)