Genus: Body fills porous siliceous envelope, a pseudopodium (axopodium) through each pore;
on a stalk (How to know the protozoa, 1979).
Organic capsule with polygonal pores; cell body near the capsule; colonial or single
(Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:
Similar genus -->> Hedriocystis; Clathrulina elegans Cienkowski,
porous capsule 42 μm in diam.,
x 640, Imori pond, Myoko-kogen (Myoko highland), Myoko village, Niigata Pref., Japan, November 7, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
C. elegans Leidy: Filopodia in early stages later become axopodial after skeleton is formed;
on a stalk 150-200 μm tall; fresh water
(How to know the protozoa, 1979).