Lepidosome layer
Description:
Trachelophyllum apiculatum (Perty, 1852) Claparède & Lachmann, 1859. Predatory ciliate with surface coated with a single type (probably Type I) of fine organic scales (i.e. lepidosomes). Identification is tentative since scanning electron microscopy is required for diagnostic lepidosome characterization.Yellow arrows mark the surface layer of fine organic scales (i.e. lepidosomes). Collected from a freshwater pond near Boise, Idaho.DIC.
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- Life (creatures)
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Litostomatea
- Haptoria
- Haptorida
- Trachelophyllidae
- Trachelophyllum
- Trachelophyllum sigmoides
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