Ciliates – SAR-Alveolata (Ciliophora)

Observations on Paramecium bursaria

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Paramecium bursaria (Ehrenberg, 1831) Focke, 1836

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Loxodes bursaria Ehrenberg, 1831

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

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Sampling date 09/2009. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.

Two images.

First:	Dorsal view of Paramecium bursaria. On top left the metachronous beating of cilia is visible.
Second:	Ventral view.

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Place name: Wetland near Schladming (Austria)
Latitude: 47.37386 Longitude: 13.823016

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF images.

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Observations on Paramecium bursaria

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