A&C = Dry preparation; B = Living cells. (PC)
Life-form: Solitary
Size: Lorica length 17-26 µm
Resting spore:
Note:
Distinctive features: Lorica with two transverse costae, three spines protruding anteriorly
Similar species:
Distribution: Widely
Literature:
Gröntved, J.1956. Planktological contributions II. Taxonomical
studies in some danish coastal localities. Medd. Danm. Fisk.
Havunders., N. S. I (12): 1-13
Leadbeater, B. S. C.1978. Renaming of Salpingoeca sensu Grøntved. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 58: 511-515.
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.
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.