MICRO*SCOPE   Taxonomic classification according to arcella.nl (Siemensma, F. J., Microworld, world of amoeboid
  organisms. World-wide electronic publication, Kortenhoef, the Netherlands) for amoeboid organisms
  or Encyclopedia of Life for all others.
    Eucaryota : SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria) : Alveolata : Ciliophora : Intramacronucleata : Oligohymenophorea : Peritrichia : Sessilida : Vorticellidae
 
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Vorticella spec.

Zoom-in on the spasmoneme. The white dots are mitochondria supporting relaxation after contraction of the stalk via spasmoneme. Scale bar indicates 10 µm.

Collected from Bodden, the brackish waters lying between the isles of Hiddensee and Ruegen (German Baltic Sea). This image was taken using Zeiss Universal with Olympus C7070 CCD camera

Place name: Hiddensee Bodden (Germany)  
 
Latitude: 54.582633     Longitude: 13.115051
 




Zoom-in auf das Spasmonem. Die weißen Punkte sind Mitochondrien, sie unterstützen die Entspannung des Stiels nach der Kontraktion. Der Messbalken markiert eine Länge von 10 µm.

Probe aus dem Hiddenseer Bodden, der Brackwasserfläche zwischen den Inseln Hiddensee und Rügen. Mikrotechnik: Zeiss Universal, Kamera: Olympus C7070.

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