Codonellopsidae

Found in a sample from the Bering Sea taken by Diane Stoecker.

Lugol's-fixed specimen from the Bay of Villefranche in Feb 2003

Specimen found in the Bay of Villefranche in April 2010

Specimen from the Etang de Thau (Sète, France) in May 2012.

Specimen from the Etang de Thau (Sète, France) in May 2012.

The species was described by Haeckel in 1873 based on specimens collected from off Messina, Italy. The specimen shown appears to have cococcoliths on the lorica.

Specimen from the Eastern Med

This specimen stuck a variety of different coccoliths and the 'shell' of a dinoflagellate (Thoracosphaera heimii) on its lorica. The species of coccolithophores and the dinoflagellate were identified by Jeremy Young. The specimen from the Bay of Villefranche was collected by Charles Bachy and the SEM done at the Institut de Minéralogie et de Physique des Milieux Condensés, Université Paris 6.

These cells, all from the same sample, found themselves stuck to the glass - so here are Tintinnids trying to get away!

These cells, all from the same sample, found themselves stuck to the glass - so here are Tintinnids trying to get away!

This small species is common in the winter

Lugol's-fixed specimen from the Bay of Villefranche in Jan. 2011. Image photographed using a 20x objective, DIC optics. Images compiled using Helicon Focus.

Lugol's-fixed specimen from 3000 m depth in the Ionian Sea. The lorica had a cell inside. The species is usually found in the winter months in surface waters.

Lugol's-fixed specimens from the Bay of Villefranche in Jan 2011.

Condonellopsis gaussi from Station 84 (Antarctica) of the Tara Oceans Expedition

Composite image compliled from 42 images using Helicon Focus. Specimen from a Bouin's-fixed sample provided by Eun Jin Yang

Codonellopsis gaussi from the Amundsen Sea. Image using a 20x objective. Bouin's-fixed specimen, sample courtesy of Eun Jin Yang.

Codonellopsis gaussi from the Amundsen Sea. Bouin's-fixed specimen imaged using a 40X objective. Sample couretesy of Eun Jin Yang.

Codonellopsis gaussi maybe. Specimen from the Amundsen Sea. Bouin's-fixed sample imaged using a 40 x objective. Sample courtesy of Eun Jin Yang.

Codonellopsis gaussi from the Amundsen Sea. Bouin's-fixed specimen imaged using a 40X objective. Sample courtesy of Eun Jin Yang.

Codonellopsis gausii from the Amundsen Sea. Bouin's-fixed specimen imaged using a 40x objective, sample courtesy of Eun Jin Yang.