Strombidium conicum

Fig 1a Line drawing: Protargol stained cell, showing kineties, oral structures and nucleus as well as macronuclear variability

Fig 15 Line drawing, live specimen

Fig 2: Lugol?s fixed cells: ventral view of normal specimens

Fig 3: Lugol?s fixed cells: ventral view of normal specimens

Fig 4: Lugol?s fixed cells: stressed form, lateral view, resembling S. acuminatum

Fig 6 SEM of Lugol?s fixed cell, right lateral view, shows the extrusion of trichites (Tr) and the array (A), where many trichites are located below the surface.

Fig 7 Details of the oral region, showing the cilia of the girdle kinety and the hexagonally patterned array of the trichites (A).

O Grove, Galicia, Spain

Balea, Galicia, Spain