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Observations on Ascobius lentus

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Ascobius lentus Henneguy, 1884

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

Sampling date 08/2008. Scale bar indicates 100 µm.

Ascobius lentus in the hyponeuston. In a Petri dish, a folliculinid cell had mounted its lorica upside down on the surface membrane of the water. Apparently, the surface tension of the water was more attractive as an assembly platform than the Petri dish itself or the filamentous algae in the dish.

Place name: River Eider near Achterwehr (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Latitude: 54.308254 Longitude: 9.953706

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF image.

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