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Ciliates – SAR-Alveolata (Ciliophora)

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.

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