MICRO*SCOPE   Taxonomic classification according to arcella.nl (Siemensma, F. J., Microworld, world of amoeboid
  organisms. World-wide electronic publication, Kortenhoef, the Netherlands) for amoeboid organisms
  or Encyclopedia of Life for all others.
    Eucaryota : SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria) : Alveolata : Ciliophora : Intramacronucleata : Oligohymenophorea : Peritrichia : Sessilida : Vaginicolidae
 
   
   
   
     
Thuricola folliculata

This sessile peritrich ciliat builds chitinous lorica with flap valve. The species houses symbiontic chlorellae. Depth of focus picture shows ciliat and whole lorica with flap valve and epibiontic bacteria. Scale bar indicates 25 µm.
 
Collected from littoral region (reed bed by Phragmites) of a rain storage reservoir in Kiel (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany). Images were taken using Zeiss Universal with Olympus C7070 CCD camera.

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




Diese sessilen peritrichen Ciliaten bauen chitinöse Gehäuse mit Verschlussklappe. Die Spezies beherbergt symbiontische Chlorellen. Die Multiebenenabbildung zeigt die Ciliatenzelle und seine ganze Lorica mit Klappe und epibiontischen Bakterien. Der Messbalken markiert eine Länge von 25 µm.

Aus der von Schilf bewachsenen Uferzone eines Regenrückhaltebeckens in Kiel. Mikrotechnik: Zeiss Universal, Kamera: Olympus C7070.

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Thuricola folliculata
 
       
   
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