Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Ciliates – SAR-Alveolata (Ciliophora)

Observations on Pyxicola carteri

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Pyxicola carteri Kent, 1882

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: Pyxicola constricta Stokes, 1884
                               Pyxicola carteri f. constricta Sommer, 1951
                               Pyxicola nolandi Finley & Bacon, 1965

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Sampling date 10/2018. Scale bars indicate 50 µm.

Two images.

Pyxicola carteri on a young branch of the red alga Polysiphonia fibrillosa.

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

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

Pyxicola carteri

Sampling date 07/2018. Scale bar indicates 25 µm.

Empty lorica.

Place name: Lake Fuhlensee near Schilksee (Kiel, Germany) 
Latitude: 54.43136338     Longitude: 10.16243935

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

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