Pseudobodo tremulans Griessmann, 1913

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Pseudobodo tremulans

A = A living cell in feeding position (arrowheads=long flagellum) (PC); B = Cell in Lugol (DIC); C = Drawings of cells fixed in Lugol

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Pseudobodo tremulans
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
A = A living cell in feeding position (arrowheads=long flagellum) (PC); B = Cell in Lugol (DIC); C = Drawings of cells fixed in Lugol
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
H
Morphology
Long flagellum with hairs, cell-mouth surrounded by a lip-formed structure (not showned)
Other remarks
It is especially common in sediments (Vørs 1992a)
Distribution: Widely
Life form
Solitary
Size
Length 3-5 µm, width 2-4 µm
Literature
Fenchel, T. 1982. Ecology of heterotrophic microflagellates. I. Some important forms and their functional morphology. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 8: 211-223.
Grießmann, K. 1913. Über marine flagellaten. Archiven für Protistenkunde/Protozoen, Algen, Pilzen. 32 (year 1914): 1-78.
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.