adhesive disk (detached)
Description:
Description: The picture shows a detached adhesive disk of Trichodina domerguei megamicronucleata. This holdfast organelle attaches the ciliate to the surface of itâs host. The anatomy of the disk is of diagnostic value in distinguishing between species of the genus. In this case the central part of the disk, the denticle ring, counts 20 denticles. It is surrounded by app. 160 radial pins. Specimens were found on Eudiaptomus vulgaris, a common copepod. The conspicuous adhesive disk is located at the aboral side of the cell.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Oligohymenophorea
- Peritrichia
- Mobilida
- Trichodinidae
- Trichodina
- Trichodina domerguei
- Trichodina domerguei megamicronucleata
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