Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Observations on Raphidiophrys elegans

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Raphidiophrys elegans Hertwig & Lesser, 1874 emend. Penard, 1904

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

Raphidiophrys elegans

Sampling date 07/2008. Scale bar indicates 25 µm.

The picture shows the characteristic layer of mucilage armed with siliceous scales around the cell body and the narrow axopodia with numerous extrusomes.

Place name: Bogs near Salzburg (Austria)
Latitude: 48.068516     Longitude: 12.954134

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF image.

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