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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Codonaria

Codonaria Kofoid & Campbell, 1939 (ref. ID; 4046)

[ref. ID; 4046]
Kofoid & Campbell (1939) created the genus Codonaria for Codonella with a suboral cone above the flare of the collar. (ref. ID; 4046)
  1. Codonaria oceanica (Brandt) Kofoid & Campbell (ref. ID; 4046)

Codonaria oceanica (Brandt) Kofoid & Campbell (ref. ID; 4046)

Description

The lorica is characterized by a distinctive neck and a bowl region with flared collar; it is rounded aborally. Coccoliths on the lorica dissolved with 1N HCl revealing a Cyttarocylis-like matrix. (ref. ID; 4046)

Measurements

The dimensions of this structure are: length 89, width 70 (n=1). SEM dimensions are: length 86, maximum width 67, oral diameter 46 um (n=1). (ref. ID; 4046)