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Group portrait of the endocommensal astomatid ciliate, Anoplophrya maupasi(Cépède,1910) in the digestive tract of the oligochaete, Aelosoma hemprichi (see description of characteristics in: Lom, J., 1956. Arch. Protistenk., 101: 286). Collected from a freshwater pond near Boise, Idaho. June 2005. DIC.
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Anoplophrya.
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View of the bandform macronucleus of the endocommensal astomatid ciliate, Anoplophrya maupasi (Cépède,1910) from the digestive tract of the oligochaete,Aelosoma hemprichi (see description of characteristics in: Lom, J., Arch. Protistenk.,101:p.286,1956).There are two smaller opisthes seen here. Collected from a freshwater pond near Boise, Idaho. June 2005. DIC.
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Surface view of the endocommensal astomatid ciliate, Anoplophrya maupasi(Cépède,1910) from the digestive tract of the oligochaete,Aelosoma hemprichi (see description of characteristics in: Lom, J., Arch.Protistenk., 101:286, 1956). Collected from a freshwater pond near Boise, Idaho. June 2005. DIC.
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Surface view of the endocommensal astomatid ciliate, Anoplophrya maupasi (Cépède,1910) from the digestive tract of the oligochaete, Aelosoma hemprichi. The metachronal ciliary wave patterns can be seen in this image. See description of characteristics in: Lom, J., Arch. Protistenk.101:p.286,1956. Collected from a freshwater pond near Boise, Idaho. June 2005.Phase contrast.
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Anterolateral view of the endocommensal astomatid ciliate, Anoplophrya maupasi (Cépède,1910) from the digestive tract of the oligochaete, Aelosoma hemprichi. The longitudinal kineties meet at a small anterior transverse suture (seen here). Skeletal elemnts and specialized attachment area are absent. See description of characteristics in: Lom, J., Arch. Protistenk.101:p.286,1956. Collected from a freshwater pond near Boise, Idaho.Stained by the silver carbonate technique (see Foissner, W. Europ. J. Protistol., 27:313-330;1991) June 2005.Brightfield.
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Anterolateral view of the endocommensal astomatid ciliate, Anoplophrya maupasi(Cépède,1910), from the digestive tract of the oligochaete,Aelosoma hemprichi. The densely packed longitudinal kineties meet at a small apical transverse suture (seen here).Catenation or repeated incomplete fissions resulting in chains of individuals is seen here (catenoid colonies). See description of characteristics in: Lom, J., Arch. Protistenk.,101:p.286,195. Collected from a freshwater pond near Boise, Idaho.Stained by the silver carbonate technique (see Foissner, W. Europ. J. Protistol., 27:313-330;1991) June 2005.Brightfield.
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Ventral view of the endocommensal astomatid ciliate, Anoplophrya maupasi (Cé°¨de,1910), from the digestive tract of the oligochaete,Aelosoma hemprichi. The densely packed longitudinal kineties meet at a small apical transverse suture.Catenation or repeated incomplete fissions resulting in chains of individuals is seen here (catenoid colonies).Skeletal elements are absent (see description of characteristics in: Lom, J., Arch. Protistenk.,101:p.286,1956). Collected from a freshwater pond near Boise, Idaho.Stained by the silver carbonate technique (see Foissner, W. Europ. J. Protistol., 27:313-330;1991) June 2005.Brightfield.