Thalassolampe margarodes
Diagnosis
Histologie from Hertwig , Monography Radiolaria p.253
Spherical body very soft and limpid, somewhat pearl-like opalescent, yellowish or bluish. central capsle wit a very thin structureless membrane, its diameter six to eight times as large as that the centrak sperical nucleus. Wall of the vesicular nucleus thick, perforated by fine pore-canals ; on its inside often numerous oval nucleoli. In the movable protoplasmic network between the large alveoles a considerable number of large yellowish or orange oil-globules. Extracapsular jelly-enveloppe very thin, contains small yellow bodies.
Diameter of the whole jelly-sphere : 2 to 4 mm, of the central capsule : 2 to 3 mm, of its nucleus : 0.2 to 0.4 mm
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Observation site(s)
SYMBIONTS
Association with... | Region origin | Name of site | In reference... |
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Pedinomonas symbiotica | (1979) | ||
Brandtodinium nutricula |
Marine ProtistsPhotosymbiosis in Marine Planktonic Protists. Springer Japan, Tokyo (2015) |