Sampling date 10/2008. Scale bars indicate 25 µm.Three images.First:Late state of binary fission of
Vorticella. The adoral membranelles are retracted and the new cell (the swarmer, left) starts to develop a collar of cilia (telotroch) for locomotion. The dots in the stalk are mitochondria.Second and third:The new cell has become rounded and already has the appearance of a swarmer. The transitory ciliary girdle for the swarmer phase (telotroch) is fully developed. The images show the situation shortly before the swarmers are going to detach from the stalk of the mother cell.Please click on < or > on the image edges or on the dots at the bottom edge of the images to browse through the slides!Place name: Pond Suploch, Hiddensee (Germany) Latitude: 54.538638 Longitude: 13.097802Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ.© Wolfgang Bettighofer,images under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA).For permission to use of (high resolution) images please contact
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