Ventrolateral infraciliature

Description:

Ventrolateral view of the infraciliature of the colpodid ciliate, Rostrophrya camerounensis (Njine, 1979) Foissner, 1993. The shape of this specimen has been distorted by fixation and coverglass pressure. The relatively large obliquely oriented elliptical oral aperture (distorted in this specimen) is located at the junction of the rostrum with the main body. aperture. Collected from standing organically enriched roadside ditchwater near Boise, Idaho, March 2005.Stained by the silver carbonate technic (see Foissner, W. Europ. J. Protistol., 27:313-330;1991). Brightfield.