Exploded extrusome
Description:
Detail of ejected extrusome of the hymenostome ciliate, Frontonia acuminata (EHRENBERG,1833) BUETSCHLI,1889. Numerous extrusomes form a peripheral fringe. The ejected extrusomes of this genus have a distinctive hook-shaped distal end. Collected from a slow-moving freshwater stream near Boise, Idaho in July 2003. DIC optics.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Oligohymenophorea
- Peniculida (Peniculid)
- Frontoniidae
- Frontonia
- Frontonia acuminata
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