Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Ciliates – SAR-Alveolata (Ciliophora)

Observations on Epistylis spec.

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Epistylis Ehrenberg, 1830

Most likely ID: Epistylis hentscheli Kahl, 1935

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

Epistylis cf. hentscheli

Scale bar indicates 50 µm.

Place name: Tropical freshwater aquarium 
Latitude: 54.3018013     Longitude: 10.07120132

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

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