Description of Salpingoeca
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Cells solitary or colonial with a distinct and firm sheath or theca usually as a cup either sessile or with a pedicel; theca colourless or amber; contractile vacuoles posterior in freshwater specie; in freshwater, brackish, and marine habitats.
Salpingoeca: Brief Summary
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Salpingoeca is a genus of Choanoflagellates in the family Salpingoecidae.
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Environment
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I have met with three quite diverse species of this genus, of which that under present consideration and another (S. amphoridium, nov. sp. § 9) are fresh-water denizens, and the third (C. marinus, nov. sp. § 8) is a marine inhabitant.
Clark, H.J. (1868). On the Spongiae Ciliatae as Infusoria Flagellata; or, observations on the structure, animality, and relationship of Leucosolenia botryoides, Bowerbank. Memoirs of the Boston Natural History Society. 1(III): 305-340.
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