Pterosperma nationalis Lohmann, 1904

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Pterosperma nationalis

A = The non-motile phase (=phycoma) at different focal planes; B = Surface of outer wall showing pores. (DIC)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Pterosperma nationalis
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
A = The non-motile phase (=phycoma) at different focal planes; B = Surface of outer wall showing pores. (DIC)
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Morphology
Group of pores in the outer wall of phycoma phase
Life form
Phycoma phase and solitary flagellate
Literature
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.