Ciliates – SAR-Alveolata (Ciliophora)

Observations on Heliophrya rotunda

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Heliophrya rotunda (Hentschel, 1916) Matthes, 1954
Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Trichophrya rotunda Hentschel, 1916

Add’l Synonyms: Heliophrya collini Saedeleer & Tellier, 1930
                               Platyophrya rotunda (Hentschel, 1916) Gönnert, 1935
                               Craspedophrya rotunda (Hentschel, 1916) Rieder, 1935
                               Trichophrya collini (Saedeleer & Tellier, 1930) Mogensen & Butler, 1983

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Sampling date 05/2022. Scale bars indicate 50 µm.

Two images. The specimens were grown on slides placed in water. The almost round, dotted area in the center of the suctor is the cell nucleus.

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Place name: Creek in Oder valley 100 km north east of Berlin (Germany)
Latitude: 53.135032 Longitude: 14.348738

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

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Observations on Heliophrya rotunda

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