Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Ciliates – SAR-Alveolata (Ciliophora)

Observations on Tokophrya cyclopum

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Tokophrya cyclopum (Claperède & Lachmann, 1858-59) Bütschli, 1889
Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Podophrya cyclopum Claperède & Lachmann, 1858-59

Add’l Synonyms: Podophrya diaptomi Kellicott, 1855
                               Acineta cyclopum Stein, 1859
                               Tokophrya diaptomi (Kellicott, 1855) Sand, 1899
                               Tokophrya stammeri Strouhal, 1939
                               Tokophrya phreaticum Ueno, 1962

Tokophrya cyclopum

Sampling date 04/2021. Scale bar indicates 25 µm.

Place name: Pond near Großostheim (Germany) 
Latitude: 49.88482168     Longitude: 9.09980822

Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF image.

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