Detail of oral apparatus (silver carbonate)

Description:

Oral infraciliature of Kuklikophrya ougandae (DRAGESCO, 1972) FOISSNER, 1993.The paraoral membrane is continuous except for a short open area at the left (between red arrowheads) anterior portion at which point the proximal adoral membranelles arise. The adoral membranelles are arrayed in an oblique line from the termination of the left part of the paraoral membrane to the left anterior apex of the cell (green arrowheads). Several postoral somatic kineties bend sharply around the posterior end of the paraoral membrane to parallel the right side of the oral opening (yellow arrowhead). A segment of ingested cyanobacteria is indicated by the yellow arrow.Stained by the silver carbonate technique (see Foissner, W. Europ. J. Protistol., 27:313-330;1991). Collected from an organically enriched temporary freshwater pool near Boise, Idaho. May 2006.DIC.