Glissandra innuerende Patterson and Simpson, 1996

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 : 551

Glissandra innuerende Patterson and Simpson, 1996

(fi gures 24h, 25l, m)

Description. Cell outline elliptical, 5-6 Mm long, 3-5 Mm wide, about 3 Mm thick, slightly fl attened, with a small depression at the anterior part of the cell and with a ventral groove extending from the depression to the posterior end of the cell. Two thickened fl agella are unequal in length and insert subapically into the depression. The anterior fl agellum is about 3.5 times the cell length and the tip of the fl agellum moves back and forth. The trailing posterior fl agellum is about 3-4 times the cell length and may lie in the ventral groove. Cells may attach to the substratum by the tip of the posterior fl agellum. During gliding, the cells usually appear to move obliquely. The cells are fi lled with small granules up to 1.5 Mm in diameter. Sometimes often observed.

Remarks. We regard this species as the same as Glissandra innuerende Patterson and Simpson, 1996 although our cells had an elliptical cell body. Glissandra innuerende resembles Protaspis simplex Vørs, 1992 but lacks the nuclear caps and fl agellar orientation of Protaspis differs (see Vørs, 1992a, fi gure 45: 1-12).