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Lorica or shell shape is somewhat variable in Favella - this one added an extra flare to its house. Specimen from the WarmAcid experiment in Sète in 2012.
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Image by Charles Bachy of a specimen from the Rade de Villefranche
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Specimen from the Scripps Canyon area in July 2009
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Specimen from the Etang de Thau (Sète, France). Imaged using a 20x objective, lugol's-fixed sample.
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From the Etang de Thau (Sète, France) in May 2012.
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From the Etang de Thau (Sète, France) in May 2012.
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The specimens were all found in samples from the mesocosm experiment WarmAcid. They appear to be variants of a single species, Favella ehrenbergii.
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Oxytoxum nanum
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Specimen from the Chesapeake Bay.
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This specimen of Ceratium had a snack shown by the organge fluorescence of cryptophyte pigment- perhaps that of the ciliate Mesodinium rubrum
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Ornithorcercus heteroporus (probably) from Station 72 of the Tara Oceans Expedition.
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In a sample from the Tara expedition (Station 68) there were 30 large cells for about 1000 'normal-size' cells.
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Genetic material is shared between two individuals by the formation of a cytoplasmic bridge
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A pair of tintinnid ciliates caught in the act of exchanging genetic material.
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Specimen from the Scripps Canyon area in July 2009
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Lugol's-fixed specimen from the Bay of Villefranche in October 2010.