in vivo
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In vivo portrait of Metacystis borrori (ALADRO-LUBEL & MARTINEZ-MURILLO,2003). The cell body (10-35 X 10-18 um in vivo) is transversely annulated (4-6 rings). The somatic ciliature consists of 22-30 longitudinal kineties, and patterned as 5-7 transverse kineties. The circumoral kinety is composed of kinetosomes closely spaced. The macronucleus diam. about 3-7 pm. The lorica (18-61 X 11-26 um) with the posterior end round to conical or irregular and with mucoid filamemts. Collected from a commercial saltwater aquarium in Boise, Idaho.2004. DIC.
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- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Prostomatea
- Prostomatida
- Metacystidae
- Metacystis
- Metacystis borrori
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