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Observations on Thuricola folliculata

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Thuricola folliculata Kent, 1881

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: Planicola crystallina Fromentel, 1874
Cothurnia crystallina (Ehrenberg, 1938) Penard, 1922
Thuricola obliqua Sommer, 1951

Kent as the authority of the first description and synonyms according to
Foissner, W. (1992). Taxonomische und okologische Revision der Ciliaten des Saprobiensystems, Band II: Peritrichia, Heterotrichia, Odontostomatida. Informationsberichte des Bayerischen Landesamt fur Wasserwirtschaft, 5(92), 1-502.
and
Trueba, F. J. (1980). A taxonomic revision of the peritrich ciliate genera Thuricola and Pseudothuricola. Beaufortia, 30(5), 125-138.

Sampling date 06/2004. Scale bar indicates 25 µm.

This sessile peritrich ciliat builds chitinous lorica with flap valve. The species houses symbiontic chlorellae.

Place name: Pond Demühlen, rain storage reservoir in Kiel-Russee (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Latitude: 54.304095 Longitude: 10.086073

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF image.

Sampling date 10/2018. Scale bars indicate 100 µm.

Place name: Hiddensee Bodden (Germany)
Latitude: 54.582633 Longitude: 13.115051

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.

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