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Pseudochromulina

Pseudochromulina Doflein (ref. ID; 1618)

[ref. ID; 1618]
Spheroid body amoeboid; cytoplasm granulated; 2 contractile vacuoles anterior; a single flagellum about the body length; a yellow tray-like chromatophore with upturned edge; stigma and pyrenoid absent; nucleus central; cyst ovoid, with asymmetrical siliceous wall with an aperture tube. (ref. ID; 1618)
  1. Pseudochromulina asymmetrica Doflein (ref. ID; 1618)

Pseudochromulina asymmetrica Doflein (ref. ID; 1618)

Descriptions

Cytoplasm with fat and probably leucosin; fresh water. (ref. ID; 1618)

Measurements

Body 3-4 um in diameter; cyst 4 by 3 um; aperture tube about 1 um. (ref. ID; 1618)