ISSN:
1432-2056
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract Xenophyophores, large deep-sea rhizopodan protists, are very rare in Antarctic seas. One specimen of Reticulammina antarctica nov. spec. was retrieved from bathyal depths in the Weddell Sea and preserved in a comparatively good condition, thus allowing a cytological description. Faecal pellets (stercomata) enclosed within the test were found to consist primarily of mineral particles. The hypothesis is offered that nutritional nitrogen compounds adsorbed by clay minerals can be extracted by these deep-sea rhizopods.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00236396
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