Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Ciliates – SAR-Alveolata (Ciliophora)

Observations on Vorticella similis

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Vorticella similis Stokes, 1887

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym:

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

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Two images. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.

From the culture collection of AG Boenigk, University Duisburg-Essen , No JP440 (culture stems from England).

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Place name: Protist culture of University Duisburg-Essen (Germany) 
Latitude: 51.463807     Longitude: 7.005321

Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Canon EOS 600D. DOF images.

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Two images showing striated pellicle and the macronucleus. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.

From the culture collection of AG Boenigk, University Duisburg-Essen , No JP440 (culture stems from England).

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Place name: Protist culture of University Duisburg-Essen (Germany) 
Latitude: 51.463807     Longitude: 7.005321

Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Canon EOS 600D. DOF images.

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Four images showing resting cysts. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.

From the culture collection of AG Boenigk, University Duisburg-Essen , No JP440 (culture stems from England).

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Place name: Protist culture of University Duisburg-Essen (Germany) 
Latitude: 51.463807     Longitude: 7.005321

Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Canon EOS 600D. DOF images.

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