Two cells with loricae on Skeletonema costatum (PC&DIC)
Synonym(s):
Life-form: Solitary
Size: Total length c. 22 µm
Resting spore:
Note: The structure of the lorica ought to be checked in EM
Distinctive features:
Similar species:
Distribution:
Literature:
James-Clark, H. 1867. On the affinities of the sponges. On the
Spongiæ Ciliatæ as Infusoria Flagellata. Mem. Boston Soc.
Nat. Hist. I(3): 305-340.
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.