A = A living cell (BF); B = Drawings of cells from Lugol (arrows=rows of extrusomes)
Life-form: Solitary
Size: length 10-20 µm, width 5-10 µm
Resting spore:
Note:
Distinctive features: Shape of cell. Two unequal flagella. Swimming pattern
Similar species: Leucocryptos marina
Distribution: Baltic, Kattegat, Skagerrak, Arctic
Literature:
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.
Vørs, N. 1992b. Heterotrophic amoebae, flagellates and heliozoa from the Tvärminne area, Gulf of Finland, in 1988-1990. Ophelia. 36: 1-109.