Observations on Ephelota gemmipara
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Ephelota gemmipara (Hertwig, 1876) Bütschli, 1889
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: Podophrya gemmipara Hertwig, 1876
Add’l Synonyms: Hemiophrya gemmipara (Hertwig, 1876) Kent, 1880–1882
Hemiophrya microsoma Maupas, 1881
Dendrophrya gemmipara (Hertwig, 1876) Sand, 1895


Sampling date 10/2016. Scale bars indicate 250 µm (1), 100 µm (2).
Two images. The specimens were grown on slides placed in water.
Place name: Hiddensee Bodden (Germany)
Latitude: 54.582633 Longitude: 13.115051
Microscope Zeiss STEMI SV6 (first) and Universal (second), camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.
Scale bars indicate 50 µm.
Three images.
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Place name: Hiddensee Bodden (Germany)
Latitude: 54.582633 Longitude: 13.115051
Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.
Scale bars indicate 50 µm.
Three images. Complete representation of the head and stalk, followed by two optical sections.
Please click on < or > on the image edges or on the dots at the bottom edge of the images to browse through the slides!
Place name: Hiddensee Bodden (Germany)
Latitude: 54.582633 Longitude: 13.115051
Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.

Scale bars indicate 50 µm.
Lateral view showing the two types of tentacles: suctorial (arrow) and prehensile ones (double-arrowheads).
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Place name: Hiddensee Bodden (Germany)
Latitude: 54.582633 Longitude: 13.115051
Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.
Scale bars indicate 250 µm.
Five images.
During vegetative reproduction, swarmers are formed. The series shows the swarmers detaching. The mother cell then perishes.
Please click on < or > on the image edges or on the dots at the bottom edge of the images to browse through the slides!
Place name: Hiddensee Bodden (Germany)
Latitude: 54.582633 Longitude: 13.115051
Microscope Zeiss STEMI SV6, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII.
Scale bars indicate 50 µm.
Three images. Temporary encapsulation with gelatinous substance due to nutrient deficiency.
First and second: | Two optical cross-sections. |
Third: | Another specimen. |
Please click on < or > on the image edges or on the dots at the bottom edge of the images to browse through the slides!
Place name: Hiddensee Bodden (Germany)
Latitude: 54.582633 Longitude: 13.115051
Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.
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