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DIVISION
CLASS
ORDER
Chromulinales
FAMILY
Dinobryaceae
GENUS
SPECIES
Ollicola vangoorii, (W.Conrad) Vørs, 1992
IMAGES
Synonyms
  • Codonomonas vangoorii: W.Conrad (1938)
  • Calycomonas wulfii: Conrad e Kufferath (1954)
Morphological Characteristics

The cell is biflagellate, oval-shaped and surrounded by a yellow-brown lorica. The anterior part of the lorica is cylindrical while the posterior part is conical. There are clearly visible striae on the surface.

Morphological Data
Distinctive morphometric characters
  • Cell Length: from 3 to 7 µm
  • Cell Width: from 2 to 3 µm
Distribution

 

Marine and brackish environments.

Distribution: as Calycomonas wulffii: Europe: Britain (Parke & Dixon, 1976).

As Calycomonas vangoorii: Europe: Britain (Parke & Dixon, 1976); Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Harper et al., 2012).

Notes

Toxicity:

Not reported.

Resistence Stages:

Not reported.

References

Check-list of British marine algae - third revision., Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 56, Parke M., Dixon P.S., 1976, 527-594.

Phylum Ochrophyta: brown and golden-brown algae, diatoms, silicioflagellates, and kin., In: New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume Three. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. (Gordon, D.P. Eds), Christchurch: Canterbury University Press., Harper M.A., Cassie Cooper V., Chang F.H., Nelson W.A. e Broady P.A., 2012, 114-163

SHAPE
Shape Type
simple
Shape Unit
Cell
Cod:
2 - Prolate Spheroid
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