Campylomonas (cam-pile-owe-moan-ass) one of the cryptomonad flagellates with olive-green plastids. The inclusions are mostly polysaccharide storage. Two flagella visible at top (anterior) and surface is irregular because of the small skeletal plates that lie under the cell membrane. Differential interference microscopy. data on this strain.
Chilomonas (kai-low-moan-ass), one of the two genera of cryptomonad flagellates which do not have chloroplasts. There are two flagella which insert into a groove which opens subapically (the dent near the front of the cell is where is opens). Cytoplasm with large numbers of polysaccharide granules. Differential Interference Contrast.
Chilomonas (kai-low-moan-ass), one of the two genera of cryptomonad flagellates which do not have chloroplasts. There are two flagella which insert into a groove which opens subapically (the dent near the front of the cell is where is opens). Special extrusomes (ejectisomes) form a little cluster around the flagellar pocket (the pocket can not be seen). Cytoplasm with large numbers of polysaccharide granules. This cell slightly distorted. Differential Interference Contrast.
Chilomonas (kai-low-moan-ass), one of the two genera of cryptomonad flagellates which do not have chloroplasts. There are two flagella which insert into a groove which opens subapically - the flagella can be seen here as the two dark filaments emerging from the anterior (top) of the cell. Cytoplasm with large numbers of polysaccharide granules. Phase contrast.
Chilomonas paramecium Ehrenberg, 1831. Colourless cryptomonads, with stiff elongate-ovate body, 19 to 30 microns long. Two subequal flagella, shorter than the length of the body, insert in an anterior pocket which is surrounded by rows of extrusomes. Small extrusomes are also visible under the cell membrane. The nucleus is located posteriorly to the pocket. A contractile vacuole is located anteriorly and empties into the pocket. Cells contain refractile storage products and often two refractile Maupas bodies. Cells rotate while swimming, and can also swim backwards.
Chilomonas, a colourless (but lecuoplastidic) cryptomonad. The body shape of most cryptomonads is similar, rounded or pointed posteriorly, perhaps with a very slight twist, widest just subapically. There are two flagella which insert into a subapical pocket. The pocket is lined with explosive extrusomes (the type in cryptomonads is called ejectisome), and small extrusomes also lie under the body surface. Body often with abundant polysaccharide materials. This species can form vast numbers - usually in organically enriched low oxygen conditions. Differential interference contrast.
Chilomonas amygdalum Kent, 1880. Colourless cryptomonads, with stiff elongate-ovate body, almond-shaped, somewhat curved towards the ventral aspect, from three to four times as long as broad, flagella subequal, longer than the cell, endoplasm transparent, granular. Length 12.7 microns
