Ciliates – SAR-Alveolata (Ciliophora)

Observations on Coleps viridis

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Coleps viridis Ehrenberg, 1831 (printed 1832), Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1832: 101.

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: Coleps hirtus sensu Kahl 1930, Tierwelt Deutschlands 18: 134.
Coleps spetai Foissner 1984, Stapfa 12: 21-22, Fig. 7

Sampling date 04/2006. Scale bar indicates 50 µm.

Population with an extraordinary size. Ehrenberg specifies the length of C. viridis in his original description as 25–45 µm , Pröschold (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84265-y) in his 2021 revision as 44–63 µm. According to Pröschold, all Coleps populations with zoochlorella belong to the species C. viridis.

Place name: Pond Demühlen, rain storage reservoir in Kiel-Russee (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Latitude: 54.304095 Longitude: 10.086073

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ.

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