Infraciliature;ventral view

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Ventral infraciliature of Nassulopsis elegans (EHRENBERG,1833) FOISSNER,1994. The synhymenium (blue arrowheads) is composed of 60-75 small nassulid organelles. It spans the ventral surface and wraps around on the right and left side of the dorsal surface leaving only a small gap between the right and left ends. Collected from the slow-moving runoff of a freshwater pond near Boise, Idaho.Stained by the silver carbonate technique (Foissner,W. Europ. J. Protistol.27:313-330;1991).Brightfield.