A = Schematic drawing of cell in Lugol; B = Cell in Lugol (arrowheads=pyrenoid) (DIC)
Life-form: Solitary
Size: Length 17-38 µm
Resting spore: +
Note:
Distinctive features: Cell with two unequal flagella and one reticulate chloroplast with a single pyrenoid. Stigma large and marked metaboly
Similar species: Eutreptiella cornubiense
Distribution: Coastal Atlantic
Literature:
Olli, K.1996. Resting cyst formation of Eutreptiella
gymnastica (Euglenophyceae) in the northern coastal Baltic Sea.
J. Phycol. 32: 535-542.
Throndsen, J. 1969. Flagellates of Norwegian coastal waters. Nytt Mag. Bot. 16: 161-216.
Throndsen, J. 1993. The planktonic marine flagellates. In: Tomas, C. R. (ed.) Marine Phytoplankton: a guide to naked flagellates and coccolithophorids. Academic Press, San Diego, p. 7-145.