Cosmoeca ventricosa Thomsen in Thomsen & Boonruang, 1984

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Cosmoeca ventricosa

Lorica (dry preparation) (PC)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Cosmoeca ventricosa
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
Lorica (dry preparation) (PC)
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
H
Morphology
3 transverse costae and 9-12 longitudinal. The position of the second transverse costa, interconnections at anterior end, lorica dimensions
Other remarks

Distribution: Worldwide
Life form
Solitary
Size
Lorica 23-31 µm high
Literature
Thomsen, H. A. 1992b. Loricabærende Chonanoflagellater (Kraveflagellater). In: Thomsen, H. A. (ed.) Plankton i de indre danske farvande. Havforskning fra Miljøstyrelsen, Copenhagen, p. 157-194.
Thomsen, H. A. & Boonruang, P. 1984. A light and electron microscopical investigation of loricate choanoflagellates (Choanoflagellida, Acanthoecidae) from the Andaman Sea, SW Thailand: Species of Cosmoeca gen.n. Zool. Scr. 13: 165-181.