A = Cells; B = Part of a flagellum with scales (SEM)
Life-form: Solitary
Size: Length 3-5 µm
Resting spore:
Note:
Distinctive features: Flattened cell with two flagella of different length
Similar species:
Distribution: Widely
Literature:
Moestrup, Ø. & Throndsen, J. 1988. Light and electron
microscopial studies on Pseudoscourfeldia marina, a primitive
scaly green flagellate (Prasinophyceae) with posterior flagella. Can.
J. Bot. 66: 1415-1434.
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.