Observations on Heliophrya minima
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Heliophrya minima (Rieder, 1936) Foissner, 1988
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: Craspedophrya rotunda f. minima Rieder, 1936
Add’l Synonyms: Heliophrya riederi Matthes, 1954
Sampling date 11/2012. Scale bars indicate 10 µm.
Two images. The specimen was grown on a slide placed in water.
| First: | Top view showing nucleus and a contractile vacuole. |
| Second: | Optical longitudinal section through the tentacles (arrows), which cuts into their bases (inset, arrowheads). This reveals two layers of the tentacles: – the outer pellicle layer that forms the tentacle shaft and – an inner ring-like structure that comes from microtubules. For details on the structure of the tentacles of the suctoria, see Hausmann, K., Hülsmann, N., & Radek, R. (2003). Protistology. p 231. |
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Place name: Wetland Tegeler Fließ, Berlin (Germany)
Latitude: 52.623268 Longitude: 13.357816
Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Canon EOS 600D. DOF images.
© Wolfgang Bettighofer,
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