Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Colorless Flagellates –
Amoebozoa (Part), Cryptista (Part), Discoba (Part), Alveolates (Part), Stramenopiles (Part)

Observations on Lepocinclis ovum

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Lepocinclis ovum (Ehrenberg) Lemmermann 1901

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Euglena ovum Ehrenberg 1840

Add’l Synonyms: Amblyophis ovum (Ehrenberg) Diesing 1850
                               Euglena zonalis H.J.Carter 1859
                               Chloropeltis ovum (Ehrenberg) F.Stein 1878
                               Phacus ovum (Ehrenberg) Klebs 1883
                               Lepocinclis buetschlii Lemmermann 1901
                               Lepocinclis ovum var. australis Playfair 1921
                               Lepocinclis ovum f. eucauda Deflandre 1926
                               Lepocinclis ovum f. typica Deflandre ????
                               Lepocinclis ovum var. buetschlii (Lemmermann) W.Conrad 1935

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Sampling date 10/2019. Scale bars indicate 10 µm.

Three optical cross-sections, the first two also show the pellicle in DOF mode.

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Place name: Bog Waasenmoos Pass Thurn near Mittersil (Tyrol, Austria) 
Latitude: 47.30234117     Longitude: 12.41751194

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

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