Oligotrichea

Specimen from the California Current Ecosystem

Xystonella treforti from a sample collected in the Costa Dome area by M.R. Landry. Imaged using a 10x objective- Z stack.

Specimen from the Tara expedition, Station 68. Lugol's-fixed specimen probably had coccoliths covering lost with fixation.

From the central Med.

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

Live specimen from Bay in Villefranche in Sept 2010. The lorica is covered in coccoliths.

Specimen from the Bay of Villefranche on Sept 15 2012. Imaged using a 40x objective.

Button Collector - Codonella elongata - Specimen nicely covered with tiny buttons (actually coccoliths). Live specimen from the Bay of Villefranche June 3 2013, imaged using a 40 x objective, z-stacked image.

Specimen from the Tara expedition, Station 68

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

From Station 70 of the Tara Oceans Expedition

Specimen from the Tara expedition, Station 68.

Epiplocylis blanda from Station 70 (Southern Atlantic) of the Tara Oceans Expedition

This "species" of Coxliella is quite likely a form of Epiplocylis blanda

Ptychocylis obtusa from the Chukchi Sea (St 22 of the cruise Araon 003)

Size and shape correspond to Tintinnopsis rotundata. From the Ganges River (estuarine portion) - station ganga, Jan 2013, Lorica oral diameter of 38 microns.