Clathrulina elegans, with granulated filopodia
Genus Clathrulina Cienkowski, 1867
Diagnosis: Cell surrounded by a stalked spherical test with numerous openings for the axopodia. Axopodia with few microtubuli and kinetocysts, often branching. Zoospores with two flagellae.
Type species. C. elegans Cienkowski, 1867
Habitat: Sphagnum swamps and among aquatic plants in ponds; locally common.
Key to the species
Clathrulina elegans, stacked image
Clathrulina elegans, the same specimen as before
Clathrulina elegans, granulopodia in the center of each hole.
Clathrulina elegans, empty shell, diameter 97 µm