Sagittaria hyalina dwelling in mucus case

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Sagittaria hyalina (FOISSNER, CZAPIK & WIACKOWSKI, 1981) seen in its mucus case. Unlike the tube-dwelling colpodid, Maryna, Sagittaria usually has its anterior end protruding from the mucus tube.Collected from an ephemeral puddle on the lawn of a public park in Boise, Idaho.September 2006.Stained by the silver carbonate technique (see Foissner, W. Europ. J. Protistol., 27:313-330;1991).DIC.