which Ciliate?

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cuxlander
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which Ciliate?

#1 Post by cuxlander » Tue Jun 07, 2022 8:03 am

Hello Forum,

I found several of these creatures in sphagnum. About 90 µm dia. Slowly rotating. Many active contractile vacuoles. In transmiztted light only vaguely visible cilia.


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Hans
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Greg Howald
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Re: which Ciliate?

#2 Post by Greg Howald » Tue Jun 07, 2022 1:48 pm

Well done!
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