Protozoa Guide review

Parasphaerastrum

genus / CENTROHELIDA / RAPHIDIOPHRYIDAE

Description

Marine centroheliozoa with a periplast of only tangential , solid , siliceous , straight , or curved rods. Radial elements are absent. Monotypic . Reference : Mikrjukov (1996a).

Type species

Parasphaerastrum marina (Ostenfeld , 1904) Mikrjukov , 1996

Figures

Figure 5
Fig. 5
Parasphaerastrum marina and a typical scale.

Raw text

Marine centroheliozoa with a periplast of only
tangential , solid , siliceous , straight , or curved
rods. Radial elements are absent. Monotypic .
Reference : Mikrjukov (1996a).