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[taxonomy:genus=Thuricola]
This is a ciliate living inside a vase-shaped "lorica", or shell, that comes with its own lid that shuts behind the cell when it retracts into its den. Unfortunately, my attempt to "tap on the glass" and have it retract were not successful. Note the streaming of particles in the water due to the feeding current set up by the cilia of the creature.
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Thuricola folliculata This sessile peritrich ciliat builds chitinous lorica with flap valve. The species houses symbiontic chlorellae. Depth of focus picture shows ciliat and whole lorica with flap valve and epibiontic bacteria. Scale bar indicates 25 µm. Collected from littoral region (reed bed by Phragmites) of a rain storage reservoir in Kiel (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany). Images were taken using Zeiss Universal with Olympus C7070 CCD camera.Image under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA). Place name: Pond Demühlen, rain storage reservoir in Kiel-Russee (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) Latitude: 54.304095 Longitude: 10.086073 Diese sessilen peritrichen Ciliaten bauen chitinöse Gehäuse mit Verschlussklappe. Die Spezies beherbergt symbiontische Chlorellen. Die Multiebenenabbildung zeigt die Ciliatenzelle und seine ganze Lorica mit Klappe und epibiontischen Bakterien. Der Messbalken markiert eine Länge von 25 µm. Aus der von Schilf bewachsenen Uferzone eines Regenrückhaltebeckens in Kiel. Mikrotechnik: Zeiss Universal, Kamera: Olympus C7070. Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA). For permission to use of (high-resolution) images please contact postmaster@protisten.de.
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Thuricola folliculata Scale bar indicates 100 µm. Collected from a pond near the Bodden bay Schwarzer Peter in the southern part of the isle Hiddensee (German Baltic Sea). This image was taken using Zeiss Axioplan with Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. Image under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA). Place name: Pond near the Bodden bay Schwarzer Peter, Hiddensee (German Baltic Sea) Latitude: 54.514946 Longitude: 13.082471 Der Messbalken markiert eine Länge von 100 µm. Probe aus eine Teich nahe der Boddenbucht Schwarzer Peter auf Hiddensee. Mikrotechnik: Zeiss Axioplan, Kamera: Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA). For permission to use of (high-resolution) images please contact postmaster@protisten.de.
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Thuricola folliculata Scale bar indicates 100 µm. Collected from a pond near the Bodden bay Schwarzer Peter in the southern part of the isle Hiddensee (German Baltic Sea). This image was taken using Zeiss Axioplan with Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. Image under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA). Place name: Pond near the Bodden bay Schwarzer Peter, Hiddensee (German Baltic Sea) Latitude: 54.514946 Longitude: 13.082471 Der Messbalken markiert eine Länge von 100 µm. Probe aus eine Teich nahe der Boddenbucht Schwarzer Peter auf Hiddensee. Mikrotechnik: Zeiss Axioplan, Kamera: Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA). For permission to use of (high-resolution) images please contact postmaster@protisten.de.
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Thuricola folliculata Scale bar indicates 100 µm. Collected from a pond near the Bodden bay Schwarzer Peter in the southern part of the isle Hiddensee (German Baltic Sea). This image was taken using Zeiss Axioplan with Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. Image under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA). Place name: Pond near the Bodden bay Schwarzer Peter, Hiddensee (German Baltic Sea) Latitude: 54.514946 Longitude: 13.082471 Der Messbalken markiert eine Länge von 100 µm. Probe aus eine Teich nahe der Boddenbucht Schwarzer Peter auf Hiddensee. Mikrotechnik: Zeiss Axioplan, Kamera: Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA). For permission to use of (high-resolution) images please contact postmaster@protisten.de.
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Thuricola spec. Scale bar indicates 50 µm. Sample from seaweed meadows from Bodden, the brackish waters lying between the isles of Hiddensee and Ruegen (German Baltic Sea). Sampling date 10/2018. The image was built up using several photomicrographic frames with manual stacking technique. Images were taken using Zeiss Standard with Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. Image under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA). Place name: Hiddensee Bodden (Germany) Latitude: 54.582633 Longitude: 13.115051 Multiebenen-Abbildung, manuell gestapelt. Der Messbalken markiert eine Länge von 50 µm. Probe aus den Seegraswiesen im Hiddenseer Bodden. Datum der Aufsammlung: 10/2018. Mikrotechnik: Zeiss Standard, Kamera: Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA). For permission to use of (high-resolution) images please contact postmaster@protisten.de.
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Thuricola spec. Scale bar indicates 50 µm. Sample from seaweed meadows from Bodden, the brackish waters lying between the isles of Hiddensee and Ruegen (German Baltic Sea). Sampling date 10/2018. The image was built up using several photomicrographic frames with manual stacking technique. Images were taken using Zeiss Standard with Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. Image under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA). Place name: Hiddensee Bodden (Germany) Latitude: 54.582633 Longitude: 13.115051 Multiebenen-Abbildung, manuell gestapelt. Der Messbalken markiert eine Länge von 50 µm. Probe aus den Seegraswiesen im Hiddenseer Bodden. Datum der Aufsammlung: 10/2018. Mikrotechnik: Zeiss Standard, Kamera: Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA). For permission to use of (high-resolution) images please contact postmaster@protisten.de.
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Thuricola spec. Scale bar indicates 50 µm. Sample from seaweed meadows from Bodden, the brackish waters lying between the isles of Hiddensee and Ruegen (German Baltic Sea). Sampling date 10/2018. The image was built up using several photomicrographic frames with manual stacking technique. Images were taken using Zeiss Standard with Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. Image under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA). Place name: Hiddensee Bodden (Germany) Latitude: 54.582633 Longitude: 13.115051 Multiebenen-Abbildung, manuell gestapelt. Der Messbalken markiert eine Länge von 50 µm. Probe aus den Seegraswiesen im Hiddenseer Bodden. Datum der Aufsammlung: 10/2018. Mikrotechnik: Zeiss Standard, Kamera: Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA). For permission to use of (high-resolution) images please contact postmaster@protisten.de.
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Ribadelago, Castille and Leon, Spain
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Thuricola (thurr-ick-owe-la) is a peritrich ciliate which lives within a lorica. Contractile and this cell has withdrawn into the lorica. A flap has closed over the contractile cell and this features distinguishes this genus. Differential interference contrast.
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Thuricola (thurr-ick-cola) folliculata and 3 swarmers on the bottom of the lorica. The transparent lorica is equiped with a valve which closes the aperture as cell retracts. This specimen shows endosymbiotic algae. This specimen was collected in freshwater ponds near Konstanz, Germany. Differential interference contrast.
