Tiny Organisms in Aquatic Habitats

Testate Amoebae –
Amoebozoa (Part), Stramenopiles (Part), Rhizaria (Part)

Observations on Paulinella chromatophora

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Paulinella chromatophora Lauterborn, 1895

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

Sampling date 06/2020. Scale bars indicate 10 µm.

Eight images.

First:Synoptic representation of the test (shell).
Second to eighth:Optical cross-sections showing chromatophores. The nucleus is located posteriorly in the cell’s fundus opposite the aperture (images No. 6 and 7).

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Place name: Creek in 63649 Rossbach (Lower Franconia, Germany)
Latitude: 49.87747709     Longitude: 9.23824668

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

Scale bars indicate 10 µm.

Five images. Another specimen.

First:Synoptic representation of the test (shell).
Second to fifth:Optical cross-sections showing the two chromatophores and numerous storage particles. The last image shows many shell plates pre-produced for the daughter cell.

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Place name: Creek in 63649 Rossbach (Lower Franconia, Germany)
Latitude: 49.87747709     Longitude: 9.23824668

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

Two images.

First:Optical cross-sections through specimens.
Second:The species is characterized by having two sausage-shaped chromatophores. Before cell division, the chromatophores divide. The cell on the right in the image was probably just before the cell division process.

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Place name: Ponds near Hausen (Hessisch Lichtenau , Germany) 
Latitude: 51.21453     Longitude: 9.868894

Microscope Zeiss Axioskop, camera DSLR type.

Copyright Winfried Hölz, Hausen, Germany.

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