Oligotrichia

Fig 6: Protargol stains, lateral view

Lugol's-fixed specimen collected June 28 2010 from the Bay Villefranche.

Fig 7: Protargol stains, lateral view

Lugols-fixed specimen from the Bay of Villefranche on June 29 2010

Fig 8 Line drawing of protargol stained cell, assigned to S. dalum by Lynn & Gilron, 1993. Ventral lateral view, showing kineties, oral structures and nucleus.

Metacylis mediterranea From the Ganges River Estuary. St Ganga Jan 2013.

Fig 1a : Favella serrata Line drawing, showing lorica structure, and cell morphology; Fig 1b: Favella serrata Drawing of original description after Möbius (1887)

Fig 4: Favella serrata Lugol?s fixed cell, lateral view, showing pedicel, peduncle, oral rim, and ciliate cell

This form does not have a name as far as I know

Fig 5: Favella serrata Lugol?s fixed cell, lateral view, showing pedicel, peduncle, oral rim, and ciliate cell

Parundella aculeata from Station 65 of the Tara Oceans Expedition

Fig 6: Favella serrata Lugol?s fixed and DAPI stained cell, illustrating shape and location of the macronuclei

Lugol's-fixed specimen from the Bay of Villefranche in Jan 2011

Fig 1 Line drawings of protargol stained cell, showing kineties, oral structures, extrusomes, and nucleus.

Fig 2 Lugol?s fixed cell, showing anterior dome shape.

Lorica or shell shape is somewhat variable in Favella - this one added an extra flare to its house. Specimen from the WarmAcid experiment in Sète in 2012.

Fig 4 Lugol?s fixed and DAPI stained cell, illustrating nuclear shape; cell shape not preserved.

Fig 5 SEM of Lugol?s fixed cell with extruded trichites (Tr).

Fig 6: Protargol stains, lateral view, showing distinct extrusomes (E), the girdle kinety (G), and the macronucleus (Ma).