Parvicorbicula socialis (Meunier) Deflandre, 1960

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Parvicorbicula socialis

Loricas (dry preparation) (PC)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
H
Other remarks
Two forms with or without stalk
Distribution: Widely
Life form
Solitary or colony
Size
Lorica length c. 10 µm
Literature
Deflandre, G. 1960. Sur la présence de Parvicorbicula n.g. socialis (Meunier) dans le plancton de l'Antarctique (Terre Adélie). Rev. algol. N. S. 5:183-188.
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.
Throndsen, J. 1970a. Marine planktonic Acanthoecaceans (Craspedophyceae) from Arctic waters. Nytt Mag. Bot. 17: 103-111.