Colorless Flagellates –
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Observations on Peranema trichophorum

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Peranema trichophorum (Ehrenberg) F.Stein 1859

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Trachelius trichophorus Ehrenberg 1832

Add’l Synonyms: Astasia trichophora (Ehrenberg) Claparède & Lachmann 1859
                               Peranemopsis trichophora (Ehrenberg) L.Ș.Péterfi 1986
                               Pseudoperanema trichophorum (Ehrenberg) J.Larsen 1987
                             Peranema anorexia Won J.Lee & D.J.Patterson 1998

Sampling date 09/2010. Scale bar indicates 25 µm.

Motion study. Members of the genus Peranema have one protruding flagellum for locomotion and another – hardly visible – lying in a body groove.

Place name: Bog Hegne Moor near Lake Constance (Germany)
Latitude: 47.718106 Longitude: 9.093974

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ.

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Observations on Peranema trichophorum

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