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Dorsum of Aspidisca cicada (MUELLER,1786) CLAPARÃDE&LACHMANN,1858. Protargol protocol A. (see Foissner, W. Europ. J. Protistol., 27:313-330;1991).Brightfield.
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Frontal membranelle of Aspidisca cicada (MUELLER,1786) CLAPARÃDE&LACHMANN,1858. Protargol protocol A. (see Foissner, W. Europ. J. Protistol., 27:313-330;1991).Brightfield.
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Dorsal view of Aspidisca cicada (MUELLER,1786) CLAPARÃDE&LACHMANN,1858.Brightfield,closed condenser.
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Originally described by Ehrenberg under the name Oxytricha cicada.
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Originally described by Ehrenberg under the name Oxytricha cicada.
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Originally described by Ehrenberg under the name Oxytricha cicada.
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Ventral infraciliature of Aspidisca lynceus (MUELLER,1773) EHRENBERG, 1830.FVC=frontoventral cirri;FM=frontal membranelle;EP=excretory canal of contractile vacuole;TC=transverse cirri;AZM=adoral zone of membranelles.Collected from a freshwater irrigation canal in Boise,Idaho December 2007.Protargol stain (see Foissner, W. Europ. J. Protistol., 27:313-330;1991).Brightfield.
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[taxonomy:genus=Aspidisca]
Aspidisca is a hypotrich ciliate that uses its cirri (compound ciliated structures) to "walk" like a tiny insect across the surface it is exploring.
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Aspidisca pulcherrima Aspidisca pulcherrima var. baltica according to Kahl. Scale bar indicates 25 µm. Collected from Bodden, the brackish waters lying between the isles of Hiddensee and Ruegen (German Baltic Sea). The image was built up using several photomicrographic frames with manual stacking technique. The images were taken using Zeiss Universal with Olympus C7070 CCD camera.Image under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA). Place name: Hiddensee Bodden (Germany) Latitude: 54.582633 Longitude: 13.115051 Aspidisca pulcherrima var. baltica nach Kahl. Multiebenen-Abbildung, manuell gestapelt. Der Messbalken markiert eine Länge von 25 µm. Probe aus dem Hiddenseer Bodden, der Brackwasserfläche zwischen den Inseln Hiddensee und Rügen. Mikrotechnik: Olympus BH, Kamera: Olympus C7070. Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA). For permission to use of (high-resolution) images please contact postmaster@protisten.de.
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Aspidisca pulcherrima Aspidisca pulcherrima var. baltica according to Kahl. Scale bar indicates 25 µm. Collected from Bodden, the brackish waters lying between the isles of Hiddensee and Ruegen (German Baltic Sea). The image was built up using several photomicrographic frames with manual stacking technique. The images were taken using Zeiss Universal with Olympus C7070 CCD camera.Image under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA). Place name: Hiddensee Bodden (Germany) Latitude: 54.582633 Longitude: 13.115051 Aspidisca pulcherrima var. baltica nach Kahl. Multiebenen-Abbildung, manuell gestapelt. Der Messbalken markiert eine Länge von 25 µm. Probe aus dem Hiddenseer Bodden, der Brackwasserfläche zwischen den Inseln Hiddensee und Rügen. Mikrotechnik: Olympus BH, Kamera: Olympus C7070. Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA). For permission to use of (high-resolution) images please contact postmaster@protisten.de.
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Aspidisca pulcherrima Aspidisca pulcherrima var. baltica according to Kahl. Scale bar indicates 25 µm. Collected from Bodden, the brackish waters lying between the isles of Hiddensee and Ruegen (German Baltic Sea). The image was built up using several photomicrographic frames with manual stacking technique. The images were taken using Zeiss Universal with Olympus C7070 CCD camera.Image under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA). Place name: Hiddensee Bodden (Germany) Latitude: 54.582633 Longitude: 13.115051 Aspidisca pulcherrima var. baltica nach Kahl. Multiebenen-Abbildung, manuell gestapelt. Der Messbalken markiert eine Länge von 25 µm. Probe aus dem Hiddenseer Bodden, der Brackwasserfläche zwischen den Inseln Hiddensee und Rügen. Mikrotechnik: Olympus BH, Kamera: Olympus C7070. Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA). For permission to use of (high-resolution) images please contact postmaster@protisten.de.