Protozoa Guide review

Pelagococcus

genus

Description

in Lewin et al., 1977 Solitary coccoid ce lls , spherica l or subspherical ; with tri-lay ered cell wall ; si ngl e parietal chloroplast without pyrenoid ; flagellate and cyst stages unknown ; marine , monospec ific genus. See Lewin et al. ( 1 977), Vesk and Jeffrey ( 1 9 8 7) , And ersen et al. (1996) . diameter; planktonic in open ocean waters .

Type species

Pelagococcus subviridis Norris in Lewin et al. , 1977 (Fig . 8). Cells 2-4 (7) ~m in

Figures

Figure 8
Fig. 8
Pelagococcus subviridis. C, chl oroplast ; G,

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in Lewin et al., 1977
Solitary coccoid ce lls , spherica l or subspherical ;
with tri-lay ered cell wall ; si ngl e parietal
chloroplast without pyrenoid ; flagellate and cyst
stages unknown ; marine , monospec ific genus. See
Lewin et al. ( 1 977), Vesk and Jeffrey ( 1 9 8 7) ,
And ersen et al. (1996) .
diameter; planktonic in open ocean waters .