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Studies on Marine Flagellates IV. Morphology and Microanatomy of a new Species of Chrysochromulina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Mary Parke
Affiliation:
The Plymouth Laboratory
Irene Manton
Affiliation:
Botany Department, Leeds University
B. Clarke
Affiliation:
Botany Department, Leeds University

Extract

The description of a new species of the genus Chrysochromulina, C. chiton, includes for the first time some evidence from the electron microscopy of sections in addition to the techniques previously used. Important diagnostic characters are the exceptionally large scales, which are shown to be of two kinds, the larger being saucer-shaped, and the smaller plate-like with a narrow rim flexed towards the upper surface; the structure and arrangement of the two types of scale on the body are described. Anatomical facts are given for the first time for the internal structure of the haptonema; in this species this organ consists of three concentric membranes surrounding a ring of seven fibres or tubes, the centre of the haptonema being hollow; this combination of characters distinguishes the organ fundamentally from a flagellum. Microanatomical facts are also given for the following major cell organs: the nucleus, the chromatophores including the pyrenoids, mitochondria, putative golgi material, muciferous bodies, the flagellar bases (preliminary observations only). Other distinguishable cytoplasmic components include the surface membrane, unsaturated fat bodies, vesicles of various kinds and granular protoplasm in the interstices.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1958

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