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Observations on Diplosigopsis siderotheca

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Diplosigopsis siderotheca Skuja, 1948

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

Sampling date 05/2010. Scale bars indicate 10 µm.

Two images. Specimens grown on a slide. The slide was suspended in water for three days.

Diplosigopsis is a tiny Choanoflagellate with a lorica which is mounted without stalk on the substratum. Gradually the lorica becomes opaque due to stocked iron or manganese compounds.

First:	Overview.
Second:	Close-up showing a collar (arrowhead), loricas (double arrowhead), and an optical cross section through a lorica showing the protoplast (arrow).

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Place name: Creek in Oder valley 100 km north east of Berlin (Germany)
Latitude: 53.135032 Longitude: 14.348738

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF images.

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Observations on Diplosigopsis siderotheca

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