Discharged extrusomes
Description:
Discharged extrusomes of the cinetochilid scuticociliate, Sphenostomella vernalis (Dragesco and Groliere, 1969) Jankowski, 1980 (synonym: Sathrophilus vernalis). The cell is elongate ovoid. The many large mucocysts give the cell a yellowish-orange color when viewed by brightfield illumination. Here the ribbon-like discharged extrusomes (?mucocysts) are visible posterior to the cell. Collected from polysaprobic standing ditchwater at several different sites near Boise, Idaho March 2005. phase contrast.
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Oligohymenophorea
- Scuticociliatia
- Philasterida
- Cinetochilidae
- Sphenostomella
- Sphenostomella vernalis
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