Noctilucea

Fig 1: Noctiluca scintillans Schematic drawing of the ventral side of the cell

Fig 1: Noctiluca scintillans Line drawing of gametes showing the position of the nucleus

Fig 4: Lugol's preserved cell of Noctiluca scintillans

Fig 5: Lugol's preserved cell of Noctiluca scintillans showing the tentacle (Te)

Noctiluca, zeevonk; Noctiluca, zeevonk.

Plate 30. Noctiluca scintillans. Figs. 1-3. LM. Fig. 1. Cells large, balloon-shaped, nearly spherical, and colorless. A single flagellum housed in the ventral groove (arrow). Fig. 2. Cytoplasmic strands extend from nucleus (near the groove) to cell perifery. Engulfed cell (arrowheads). Fig. 3. Asexually dividing cell. Fig. 4. Line drawing. Deep and wide ventral groove (VG) houses the tooth (TO), an extension of the cell wall. Striated tentacle (TE).