Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Ciliates – SAR-Alveolata (Ciliophora)

Observations on Frontonia leucas

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Frontonia leucas (Ehrenberg, 1833) Ehrenberg, 1838

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Bursaria leucas Ehrenberg, 1833

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

Frontonia leucas
Frontonia leucas
Frontonia leucas

Sampling date 04/2016. Scale bars indicate 100 µm.

Frontonia leucas feeding on diatoms.

Place name: Pond Domänental near Kronshagen (Kiel, Germany) 
Latitude: 54.33211     Longitude: 10.060821

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

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