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Protochrysis

Protochrysis Pascher (ref. ID; 1618)

[ref. ID; 1618]
Reniform; not flattened; with a distinct furrow, but without cytopharynx; a stigma at base of flagella; 1-2 chromatophores, brownish yellow; pyrenoid central; 2 contractile vacuoles; fission seems to take place during the resting stage; fresh water. (ref. ID; 1618)
  1. Protochrysis phaeophycearum Pascher (ref. ID; 1618)

Protochrysis phaeophycearum Pascher (ref. ID; 1618)

Measurements

15-17 by 7-9 um. (ref. ID; 1618)