Lorica (dry preparation) (PC)
Life-form: Solitary
Size: Lorica 23-31 µm high
Resting spore:
Note:
Distinctive features: 3 transverse costae and 9-12 longitudinal. The position of the second transverse costa, interconnections at anterior end, lorica dimensions
Similar species:
Distribution: Worldwide
Literature:
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.
Thomsen, H. A. & Boonruang, P. 1984. A light and electron microscopical investigation of loricate choanoflagellates (Choanoflagellida, Acanthoecidae) from the Andaman Sea, SW Thailand: Species of Cosmoeca gen.n. Zool. Scr. 13: 165-181.