Detail of somatic ciliature
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Somatic ciliature of the colpodid ciliate, Rostrophrya camerounensis (Njine, 1979) Foissner, 1993. There are about 80 slightly spiraled somatic kineties consisting of ciliated dikinetids (seen well in this image. 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.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Colpodea
- Cyrtolophosidida
- Woodruffiidae
- Rostrophrya
- Rostrophrya camerounensis
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