Rebecca salina

Original description: Cellula parva, nuda, elliptica, latitudine paulo longiore, forte compressa, dorsiventrali, duobus flagellis, altero circa 1/3 cellulae longitudinis, altero 1/2—2 plo longiore, utroque in depressione parva sub apicem in latere ventrali inserto; a latere visa anguste ovata, parva depressione subapicali in latere ventrali praedita ubi flagella inserta sunt; a vertice visa elliptica; 2 chromatophoris, luteoviridibus, parietalibus et lateralibus, latus ventrale fere tegentibus, sed non nisi supra minimam partem lateris dorsalis extendentibus; plerumque cum 2 granulis refringentibus conspicuis et caeruleis, saepe forma irregularibus et interdum aut uno aut pluribus globulis magnis refringentibus. Desunt stigma et vacuola contractilia.

Cell small, naked, elliptical, slightly longer in width, perhaps compressed, dorsiventrally, with two flagella, one about 1/3 of the cell length, the other 1/2-2 times longer, both inserted in a small depression under the apex on the ventral side; seen from the side narrowly ovate, provided with a small subapical depression on the ventral side where the flagella are inserted; seen from the top elliptical; 2 chromatophores, luteo-green, parietal and lateral, almost covering the ventral side, but only extending over a small part of the dorsal side; usually with 2 conspicuous and blue refracting granules, often irregular in shape and sometimes with one or more large refracting globules. Stigma and contractile vacuole are absent.

Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): Extant. Data source:
First occurrence (base): within No known fossil record modern (0.00-0.00Ma, base in "Holocene" stage). Data source:

Plot of occurrence data:

• Range-bar - range as quoted above, pink interval top occurs in, green interval base occurs in.
• Triangles indicate an event for which a precise placement has been suggested.
• (NB There is no histogram as there are no occurrence records for the taxon in the Neptune database) Parent: Rebecca

Rebecca salina compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 16-8-2026 Taxon Search: Advanced Search Short stable page link: https://mikrotax.org/Nannotax3/index.php?id=20416 Go to Archive.is to create a permanent copy of this page - citation notes

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