Paulinella ovalis (A.Wulff) P.W.Johnson, Hargraves & Sieburth

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Paulinella ovalis

Tests (DIC)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Paulinella ovalis
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
Tests (DIC)
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Morphology
Si scales in five transversely circumferential columns, pseudopod filose. Ingest Synechococcus (Johnson et al. 1988)
Other remarks

Distribution: Worldwide
Life form
Solitary
Size
Length c. 5 µm, width c. 3 µm
Literature
Johnson, P. W., Hargraves, P. E. & Sieburth, J. M. 1988. Ultrastructure and ecology of Calycomonas ovalis Wulff, 1919, (Chrysophyceae) and its redescription as a testate rhizopod, Paulinella ovalis, N. Comb. (Filosea: Euglyphina). J. Protozool. 35: 618-626.
Vørs, N. 1992a. Heterotrofe protister (ekskl. dinoflagellater, loricabærende choanoflagellater og ciliater). In: (Thomsen eds.) Plankton i de indre danske farvande. Havforskning fra Miljøstyrelsen, Copenhagen, pp. 195-250.
Vørs, N.1992b. Heterotrophic amoebae, flagellates and heliozoa from the Tvärminne area, Gulf of Finland, in 1988-1990. Ophelia. 36: 1-109.
Wulff, A.1919. Ueber das Kleinplankton der Barentssee. Wissenschaftliche Meeresunterschungen, Neue Folge Abteilung Helgoland 13: 95-125.