Ciliates – SAR-Alveolata (Ciliophora)

Observations on Vorticella convallaria

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Vorticella convallaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, 1767

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Hydra convallaria Linnaeus, 1758

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

V. convallaria forms a morphologically indistinguishable complex together with V. citrina O. F. Müller, 1786, V. nebulifera O. F. Müller 1786 and V. similis Stokes, 1887.

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Sampling date 10/2011. Scale bars indicate 50 µm (1), 10 µm (2).

Two images. Vorticella convallaria on the cyanobacteria Nodularia spumigena.

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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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Scale bars indicate 10 µm.

Two images.

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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 Vorticella convallaria

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