Protozoa Guide review

Cienkowskya

genus / CENTROHELIDA / CLATHRULINIDAE

Description

(after The cell body is enclosed in an irregular homogeneous capsule ; axopodia emerge through small pores. The capsule tapers into a short, conical stalk . The type species , C mereschkovskii, was described from a marine habitat, but has not been recorded subsequently. A second, freshwater species, C. brachiopus, produces zoospores with one flagellum . Reference: De Saedeleer (1930).

Type species

Cienkowskya mereschkovskii (Cienkowski, 1881) Schaudinn , 1896

Figures

Figure 19
Fig. 19
Cienkowskya mereschkovskii.

Raw text

(after
The cell body is enclosed in an irregular
homogeneous capsule ; axopodia emerge through
small pores. The capsule tapers into a short,
conical stalk . The type species , C
mereschkovskii, was described from a marine
habitat, but has not been recorded subsequently. A
second, freshwater species, C. brachiopus,
produces zoospores with one flagellum .
Reference: De Saedeleer (1930).