Codonella Haeckel 1873

Codonella aspera was first depicted by Fol in 1884 as Codonella galea. The organism described by Fol was later named Codonella aspera. Codonella nationalis described by Brandt in 1906 and now appears to be a morph of C. aspera.

Here only the shell or lorica is visible. The specimen was from the South Pacific

This specimen is from the central Med found in material from the Boum cruise.

The species is likely a morph of Codonella aspera

Specimen from the Bay of Villefrtanche in April 2010

Specimen from the Bay of Villefranche in Jan 2003- lugol's fixed. The species is likely a morph of C. aspera.

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