Whole phycoma-stage and details of alae (DIC)
Life-form: Phycoma phase and solitary flagellate
Size: Diameter=7-25 µm
Resting spore:
Note:
Distinctive features: Phycoma with alae forming polygonal compartment on the cell surface and without visible pores
Similar species: Pterosperma marginatum Pterosperma polygonum
Distribution: Widely
Literature:
Inouye, I. 1990. Prasinophyceae p. 390. In “Red tide organisms
in Japan-An illustrated taxonomic guide”.(Y. Fukuyo, H. Takano,
M. Chihara & K. Matsuoka eds) Uchida Rokakuho, Tokyo.
Schiller, J. 1925. Die planktonischen Vegetationen des adriatischen Meeres. B. Chrysomonadina, Heterokontae, Cryptomonadina, Eugleninae, Volvocales. 1. Systematischer Teil. Archiv für Protistenkunde. 53: 59-123.
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.