Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Observations on Raphidocystis pallida

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Raphidocystis pallida (F. E. Schulze, 1874) Zlatogursky, 2018

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Raphidiophrys pallida Schulze, 1874

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

Sampling date 10/2008.

Three specimen living close together in a feeding community in the neuston, the biofilm on the water surface. Axopodia and silicious scales are clearly visible. Diameter of one body is appr. 100 µm.

Place name: Pond Suploch, Hiddensee (Germany)
Latitude: 54.538638     Longitude: 13.097802

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ.

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