Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

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

Observations on Hymenomonas roseola

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Hymenomonas roseola F.Stein 1878

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: Pontosphaera stagnicola Chodat & Rosillo ????
                               Hymenomonas stagnicola (Chodat & Rosillo) Kamptner ????
                               Hymenomonas scherffelii W.Conrad 1928

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Sampling date 04/2006. Scale bars indicate 10 µm.

Two images. Cell in motile stage.

First:Top view: The image shows the mucilaginous sheath with numerous embedded calcareous scales (coccoliths).
Second:Optical cross-section: Mucilaginous sheath with numerous embedded calcareous scales, contractile vacuole antherior (near the flagella), nucleus posterior, chloroplast and storage globules.

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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. DOF images.

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Sampling date 05/2017. Scale bars indicate 10 µm.

Four images. Cells in immotile stage.

First couple:Top view showing calcareous scales, followed by a cross-section showing chloroplast and storage globules.
Second couple:Top view showing calcareous scales, followed by an image with a cross-section showing parietal chloroplasts, storage globules,  a contractile vacuole and the nucleus (granulated area side by side to the cv).

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Place name: Pond in the forest of Altenholz-Stift (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) 
Latitude: 54.384913     Longitude: 10.125691

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

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