Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats
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Cochliopodium vestitum (Archer, 1871) emend. Kudryavtsev, 2005
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: Amphizonella vestita Archer, 1871
Add’l Synonyms: Cochliopodium vestitum (Archer, 1871) Archer, 1877
Sampling date 09/2010. Scale bars indicate 50 µm.
In motion (first image). Second image: Optical cross-section. The bacteria in the mucilaginous envelope make this sheath clearly visible.
Place name: Bog Hegne Moor near Lake Constance (Germany) Latitude: 47.718106 Longitude: 9.093974
Microscope Zeiss Standard, camera Olympus C7070WZ.
Scale bar indicates 50 µm.
Optical cross-section. The type-characteristic silicified spines and mucus envelope are clearly visible.
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