Observations on Frontonia elliptica
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Frontonia elliptica Beardsley, 1902
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: n.a.
Add’l Synonyms: n.a.
Sampling date 09/2026. Length of specimens 150 µm.
Six images.
| First: | The image shows the oral apparatus. |
| Second: | One of two contractile vacuoles in diastole state. |
| Third: | The two contractile vacuoles of the specimen on the left are nearly full; the specimen on the right shows the oral apparatus and the macronucleus. |
| Fourth: | Specimen showing its two contractile vacuoles. |
| Fifth: | At the 7 o’clock position, one can see the excretory pore of the lower contractile vacuole. |
| Sixth: | The euglenid Lepocinclis acus as prey. |
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lace name: Lake Neusiedl near Illmitz (Burgenland, Austria)
Latitude: 47.753861 Longitude: 16.749417 Elevation: 111 m
Microscope Olympus BX51, objective Olympus UPlanSApo 40x and 60x, camera Canon R1, flash, DIC HR.
Copyright Gerhard Loidolt, Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
© Wolfgang Bettighofer,
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