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.
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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