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Observations on Noctiluca scintillans

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Noctiluca scintillans (Macartney) Kofoid & Swezy 1921

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Medusa scintillans Macartney 1810

Add’l Synonyms: Medusa marina Slabber 1771
                               Noctiluca miliaris Suriray 1816
                               Noctiluca marina Ehrenberg 1834
                               Mammaria scintillans Ehrenberg 1836
                               Noctiluca punctata Busch 1851
                               Noctiluca omogenea Giglioli 1870
                               Noctiluca pacifica Giglioli 1870

Sampling date 01/2018.

Three images.

Noctiluca scintillans has slowly beating tentacle and a barely visible flagellum. All three images show the tentacle on the right side of the cell.

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Place name: Baltic Sea, Kieler Förde, Kiel Fjord (Germany)
Latitude: 54.3894126 Longitude: 10.1749055

Dissecting microscope Zeiss SV6, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.

Scale bars indicate 250 µm (1–3, 5), 100 µm (4).

Five images.

First to third:	Fokus series: form top to cell center showing food vacuole (2, 3) and tentacle (3).
Fourth:	Close-up of the food vacuole.
Fifth:	Opposite side of the cell. Also depicted: Tripos fusus.

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Place name: Baltic Sea, Kieler Förde, Kiel Fjord (Germany)
Latitude: 54.3894126 Longitude: 10.1749055

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

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