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Observations on Vorticella spec.

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Vorticella Linnaeus, 1767

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

Sampling date 06/2018.

Place name: Wetland Seekamper Seewiesen in Schilksee (Kiel, Germany)
Latitude: 54.410447 Longitude: 10.159699

Stereo microscope Zeiss STEMI SV6, Camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII.

Sampling date 10/2011. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.

Vorticella spec. on the cyanobacteria Nodularia spumigena.

Place name: Hiddensee Bodden (Germany)
Latitude: 54.582633 Longitude: 13.115051

Microscope Zeiss Universal, Camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF image.

Sampling date 09/2018. Scale bars indicate 50 µm.

Two images.

Vorticella spec. on the rotifer Keratella cochlearis.

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Place name: Historical Eider Canal Rathmannsdorf (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Latitude: 54.38023557 Longitude: 10.07928818

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

Sampling date 10/2008. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.

Three images.

First:	Late state of binary fission of Vorticella. The adoral membranelles are retracted and the new cell (the swarmer, left) starts to develop a collar of cilia (telotroch) for locomotion. The dots in the stalk are mitochondria.
Second and third:	The new cell has become rounded and already has the appearance of a swarmer. The transitory ciliary girdle for the swarmer phase (telotroch) is fully developed. The images show the situation shortly before the swarmers are going to detach from the stalk of the mother cell.

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Place name: Pond Suploch, Hiddensee (Germany)
Latitude: 54.538638 Longitude: 13.097802

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ.

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