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Observations on Coleps hirtus

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Coleps hirtus (O. F. Müller, 1786) Nitzsch ex Ersch & Gruber, 1827

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Cercaria hirta O. F. Müller, 1786

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

Sampling date 7/2018 (third image). Scale bars indicate 10 µm (1, 2).

Three images. Coleps is one of nature´s little scavengers. It can eat residual tissue attached to cast off exoskeletons of arthropods, or will attack organisms. A mass occurrence of Coleps hirtus can endanger fish fry!

First:	Overall view of the pellicula showing the calcified armoured plates. DOF image.
Second:	Optical cross-section through the specimen showing the cytostome (at the left pole of the elliptical body), the big round and granulated nucleus (in the middle) and the contractile vacuole (at the right pole of the elliptical body).
Third:	Coleps hirtus attacking another ciliate.

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Place names:

For first and second image:
Tropical freshwater aquarium
Latitude: 54.3018013 Longitude: 10.07120132

Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Canon EOS 600D.

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For the third image:
Place name: Pond Birkensee near Rödelsee (Lower Franconia, Germany)
Latitude: 49.71819841 Longitude: 10.27807474

Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Canon DSLR.

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