Ciliates – SAR-Alveolata (Ciliophora)

Observations on Pyxicola operculigera

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Pyxicola operculigera Kent, 1869

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms:

Year of description by Kent according to Kahl, A. (1935). Urtiere oder Protozoa. I. Wimpertiere oder Ciliata (Infusoria). 4. Peritricha und Chonotricha. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile, 30, 651-886.

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Sampling date 10/2011. Scale bars indicate 50 µm.

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

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera C7070WZ. DOF images.

Sampling date 7/2018.

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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