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Image of Codonella cratera Leidy 1887

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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).

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