Taxonomy:
Catalog entries: Chrysochromulina tenuisquama
Original description: Chloroplast containing cells, 2-5 µm in diameter when dried, possibly up to twice as large when living, with two subequal flagella, 7-14 µm and 9-17 µm in length and a coiling haptonema, 3-4 times longer than the flagella. Body covered by a single, delicate scale type, slightly ovate in outline, 0.4-0.6µm x 0.5-0.8µm in size. The proximal scale face with a radial fibrillar pattern of 35-55 lines, divided into four quadrants. The distal face with an identical radial pattern, on which is superimposed an irregular circular pattern of c. 20 non-concentric lines.
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Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): Extant. Data source:
First occurrence (base): within No known fossil record modern (0-0Ma, base in "Holocene" stage). Data source:
Estep, K. W., Davis, P. G., Hargraves, P. E. & Sieburth, J. M. (1984). Chloroplast containing microflagellates in natural populations of North Atlantic nanoplankton, their identification and distribution, including a description of five new species of Chrysochromulina (Prymnesiophyceae). Protistologica. 20: 613-634. gs References:
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Chrysochromulina tenuisquama compiled by Jeremy R. Young viewed: 8-12-2023
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