in vivo; ventrolateral view
Description:
In vivo portrait of Nassula exigua (KAHL,1931). This small species has an aggregate of orange brown refractile droplets (possibly lipid) at the left anterior end toward the dorsum (seen here). The pharyngeal basket of nematodesmata is clearly seen here. Collected from an organically enriched alkaline ephemeral puddle with abundant filamentous cyanobateria near Boise, Idaho 43° 36' 49.63"N 116° 13' 23.31"W. August 2006. DIC.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Nassophorea
- Nassulida
- Nassulidae
- Nassula
- Nassula exigua
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