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Description:
This ciliat belonging to the morphological group of oligotrichids builds marvellous amphora shaped loricae putting together mostly centric diatom frustules. This drawing (it´s an original) was inspired by a SEM picture of a good friend.
Collection from littoral region (stand of Phragmites) of oligotrophic lake near Kiel (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany).Included On The Following Pages:
- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Spirotrichea
- Choreotrichia (Choreotrich)
- Tintinnida
- Codonellidae
- Codonella
- Codonella cratera
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