Placocista spinosa

Super Group: 
Eukaryota
Phylum: 
Rhizaria
Class: 
Cercozoa
Order: 
Euglyphida
Family: 
Euglyphidae
Genus: 
Placocista
Species: 
spinosa
Authority: 
Penard, 1899

Diagnosis

shell broad, ovoid, strongly compressed, with acute lateral border; shell edge with spines; shell composed of many small scales; along the aperture is an area covered with very minute scales; aperture a broad but very flattened slit, biconvex; nucleus spherical, with fragmented nucleolar material; filopodia.
Body_length: 105-145 µm

Observation site(s)

SYMBIONTS

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Chlorella sp. République des Komis