Pterosperma marginatum Gaarder, 1954

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Pterosperma marginatum

Cell at different focal planes. (arrow=pore) (DIC)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Pterosperma marginatum
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
Cell at different focal planes. (arrow=pore) (DIC)
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Morphology
Protruding alae encircling a pore in the wall
Other remarks

Distribution: Atlantic
Life form
Solitary
Size
Diameter=15 µm (excl. lists)
Literature
Gaarder, K. R. 1954b. Coccolithineae, Silicoflagellatae, Pterospermataceae and other forms from the """"Michael Sars"""" North Atlantic deep-sea expedition 1910. Rep. Sci. Res.""""Michael Sars"""" N. Atlant. Deep-sea Exp. 1910, II: 1-20.""
Parke, M., Boalch, G. T., Jowett, R. & Harbour, D. S. 1978. The genus Pterosperma (Prasinophyceae): Species with a single equatorial ala. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 58: 239-276.
Throndsen, J. 1993. The planktonic marine flagellates. In: (Tomas eds.) Marine Phytoplankton: a guide to naked flagellates and coccolithophorids. Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 7-145.