Ciliates – SAR-Alveolata (Ciliophora)

Observations on Trichodina steinii

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Trichodina steinii Claparède & Lachmann, 1858

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

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Sampling date 10/2008. Scale bars indicate 50 µm.

Two images.

Trichodina steinii trapped by the Suctor Podophrya spec. There were lots of suctorial specimen in the Petri dish attached on red alga filaments. A number of them had captured prey. In every case Trichodina was the prey!

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

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF images.

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Observations on Trichodina steinii

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