Lorica (dry preparation) (PC)
Life-form: Solitary
Size: Lorica length 45 µm
Resting spore:
Note:
Distinctive features: 14 longitudinal costae with five costal strips, 3 transverse costae, spear with one coastal strip, lorica with a posterior stalk, protoplast in the posterior part of cell
Similar species: Diaphanoeca undulata
Distribution: Widely
Literature:
Leadbeater, B. S. C. 1972. Ultrastructural observations on some
marine choanoflagellates from the coast of Denmark. Br. phycol. 7:
195-211.
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.