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Ventral infraciliature

Image of Urostyla grandis

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Ventral infraciliature of the large hypotrich ciliate, Urostyla grandis (EHRENBERG,1830). A file of buccal cirri parallels the undulating membrane (UM).Em=endoral membrane.AZM=adoral zone of membranelles.There is a zig-zag file of midventral cirri (MVC) between the right and left marginal cirral rows. There is an obliquely oriented row of about 12 transverse cirri (TC).Collected from a freshwater canal near Boise, Idaho.Stained by the protargol A technique (see Foissner, W. Europ. J. Protistol., 27:313-330;1991).Brightfield.

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