Lorica (dry preparation) (PC)
Life-form: Solitary
Size: Protoplast: length 8 µm, width 5 µm; lorica: length 25-30 µm
Resting spore:
Note:
Distinctive features: Skirtshaped lorica open at both ends
Similar species:
Distribution: Worldwide
Literature:
Thomsen, H. A. 1976. Studies on marine choanoflagellates II.
Fine-structural observations on some silicified choanoflagellates
from the Isefjord (Denmark), including the description of two new
species. Norw. J. Bot. 23: 33-51.
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.