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Pterosperma vanhoeffenii
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Description
The species alter between a phycoma stage with a wall of polygonal ala and motile nano-sized flagellates covered in organic scales. The tall equatorial ala are hyaline and divided into a few polygonal fields. Many yellow-green chloroplasts.
Size; 47-53 µm + ala
Distribution; Norwegian coast and Barents Sea.
References
Gaarder
Observations
Norway
Arctic Regions