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Description:
Scyphidia (sky-fid-ee-a) a peritrich ciliate, the body of Scyphidia constricta is narrowed below the peristome. The stalk takes up about a part of the cell. At higher magnification we can see the transverse striae of the cortex of Scyphidia constricta. This specimen was collected in freshwater ponds near Konstanz, Germany. Differential interference contrast.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Oligohymenophorea
- Peritrichia
- Sessilida
- Scyphidiidae
- Scyphidia
- Scyphidia constricta
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