Surface view ;hypostomial frange

Description:
Surface view of the nassulid ciliate,Nassulopsis elegans(Ehrenberg,1833)Foissner,1994. There is a transverse hypostomial frange (synhymenium) of polykinetids which nearly encircles the anterior end of the cell (green arrow).Each element of the frange consists of 6-9 basal bodies.Collected from a freshwater pond near Boise, Idaho.DIC.
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- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Nassophorea
- Synhymeniida
- Nassulopsidae
- Nassulopsis
- Nassulopsis elegans
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