Pseudophyllomitus granulatus ( Larsen and Patterson 1990 ) Lee 2002

Lee, Won Je, 2015, Small Free-Living Heterotrophic Flagellates from Marine Sediments of Gippsland Basin, South-Eastern Australia, Acta Protozoologica 54 (1), pp. 53-76 : 68

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.4467/16890027AP.15.005.2192

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12522341

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Felipe

scientific name

Pseudophyllomitus granulatus ( Larsen and Patterson 1990 ) Lee 2002
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Pseudophyllomitus granulatus ( Larsen and Patterson 1990) Lee 2002 ( Fig. 4g View Fig )

Observation: Cell outline is sac-shaped. Cells are about 12 µm long, slightly flexible and flattened. Refractile granules underlie the cell surface. Two flagella emerge from the deep flagellar pocket or near half the way down. Both flagella are slightly longer than the cell and are similar in length. In non-motile cells, the posterior flagellum coils up. Cytoplasm drawn out at the posterior end was not seen. The nucleus is located below the anterior pocket, near the centre of the cell and is roundish. Rarely observed.

Remarks: This species has been reported under the name Phyllomitus granulatus from marine sites in Australia, Brazil, Demark, Hawaii, Korea and Turkey (Aegean Sea) ( Larsen and Patterson 1990; Vørs 1992b; Lee and Patterson 2000; Lee et al. 2003; Lee 2002a, b, 2006b), and previously recorded cell length ranges from 7 to 21 µm. Generally, our observations are in accord with those of Larsen and Patterson (1990) and Lee (2002a). Pseudophyllomitus granulatus can be distinguished from all species of the genus Pseudophyllomitus by its granules. The organism is phagotrophic and may consume relatively large particles such as detritus and diatoms much larger than the flagellate (see Larsen and Patterson 1990, Lee and Patterson 2000).

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