Massisteria marina Larsen and Patterson, 1990

Lee, Won Je & Patterson, David J., 2000, Heterotrophic flagellates (Protista) from marine sediments of Botany Bay, Australia, Journal of Natural History 34, pp. 483-562 : 543

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5281825
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scientific name	Massisteria marina Larsen and Patterson, 1990
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(fi gures 21q, 22f)

Description. Cells measuring 3-6.5 Mm, dorso-ventrally fl attened irregular body. Cells produce delicate pseudopodia with extrusomes, which extend radially from the cell and normally adhere to the substratum. Two short curved fl agella arise from the dorsal side of the cell and are relatively inactive. Rarely observed.

Remarks. Generally, our observations are in good agreement with those of Larsen and Patterson (1990). Previously reported size ranges are 2.5-5 Mm ( Patterson and Fenchel, 1990), 3-9 Mm ( Larsen and Patterson, 1990; Vørs, 1992a, 1992b), 4.2-7 Mm ( Ekebom et al., 1996), 2.5-4 Mm ( Tong, 1997a) and 2-9.5 Mm ( Tong et al., 1998). This species was found in marine sites in subtropica l and tropical Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Gulf of Finland, equatorial Paci fi c and Panama ( Larsen and Patterson, 1990; Vørs, 1992a, 1992b; Vørs et al., 1995; Ekebom et al., 1996; Tong, 1997a; Tong et al., 1998).

References

EKEBOM, J., PATTERSON, D. J. and VORS, N., 1996, Heterotrophic ¯ agellates from coral reef sediments (Great Barrier Reef, Australia), Archiv fuEr Protistenkunde, 146, 251 ± 272.

LARSEN, J. and PATTERSON, D. J., 1990, Some ¯ agellates (Protista) from tropical marine sediments, Journal of Natural History, 24, 801 ± 937.

PATTERSON, D. J. and FENCHEL, T., 1990, Massisteria marina Larsen and Patterson 1990, a widespread and abundant bacterivorous protist associated with marine detritus, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 62, 11 ± 19.

TONG, S. M., 1997 a, Heterotrophic ¯ agellates from the water column in Shark Bay, Western Australia, Marine Biology, 128, 517 ± 536.

TONG, S. M., NYGAARD, K., BERNARD, C., VORS, N. and PATTERSON, D. J., 1998, Heterotrophic ¯ agellates from the water column in Port Jackson, Sydney, Australia, European Journal of Protistology, 34, 162 ± 194.