Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Ciliates – SAR-Alveolata (Ciliophora)

Observations on Metacineta mystacina

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Metacineta mystacina (Ehrenberg, 1831) Bütschli, 1889
Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Cothurnia mystacinaEhrenberg, 1831

Add’l Synonyms: Acineta mystacina (Ehrenberg, 1831) Ehrenberg, 1838

Metacineta mystacina

Sampling date 09/2011. Scale bar indicates 50 µm.

Place name: Pond situated in the vicinity of Lake Constance (Germany) 
Latitude: 47.734945     Longitude: 9.091097

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF image.

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