Small Free-Living Heterotrophic Flagellates from Marine Intertidal Sediments of the Sydney Region, Australia Author Lee, Won Je text Acta Protozoologica 2019 58 4 167 189 http://dx.doi.org/10.4467/16890027ap.19.016.12018 journal article 10.4467/16890027AP.19.016.12018 1689-0027 12637266 Saepicula pulchra Leadbeater, 1980 Figs 1f , 2g Description : Cell body is 4–6 µm long. The flagellum is about 1.5 times the cell body and its tip is thin. The lorica consists of several transverse costae and 10 longitudinal costae. The anterior of the lorica is everted and the posterior of the lorica is conical. The anterior end of the lorica is surmounted by a single transverse costal band, which is connected to the longitudinal costae, and the lower part composes of several transverse and longitudinal costae. Cells attach with the end of the posterior to the substrate. Remarks : This species has been described from subtropical Australia , Denmark , England , Gulf of Finland and France ( Leadbeater 1980 ; Thomsen 1992 ; Vørs 1992a ; Tong 1997a , c; Lee 2015 ) and previously reported length is 2.5–5.5 µm ( Tong 1997a , c). According to previous authors, two chambers can be seen when using an electron microscope. This genus contains two species, Saepicula pulchra Leadbeater, 1980 and S. leadbeateri Takahashi, 1981 ( Thomsen et al. 1997 ).