Salpingella Jörgensen 1924

Salpingella acuminata, live specimen from the Bay of Villefranche retracted in its lorica.

Specimen from the California Curree Specimen from the California current Ecosystem

Salpingella acuminata from the Chukchi Sea (Arctic). Sample provided by Eun Jin Yang

Salpingella acuminata from the Chukchi Sea

Salpingella acuminata from the Chukchi Sea. Station 2 of the Araon Cruise 003.

The left panel shows a view with transmitted light and the right with epifluoresence which shows the chloprophyll fluoresencse (red & orange) of the algae it ate.

Salpingella acuminata. A normal and presumptive parasite stages - apparently ate something transformative. Specimens from the Canadaian Basin (Arctic).

One of the smallest Salpingella species

Specimen from the Bay of Villefranche in Jan. 2003. Lugol's fixed cell.

Specimen from the Bay of Villefranche in June 2010- lugol's-fixed.

Salpingella faurei from the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica. Imaged using a 40x objective, sample courtesy of E.J. Yang.

Salpingella faurei from the Amundsen Sea contracted inside its lorica. Bouin's-fixed specimen imaged using a 20x objective, sample courtesy of Eun Jin Yang.

Salpingella faurei from the Chukchi Sea (Arctic).

Chukchi Sea Salpingella faurei

Salpingella decurtata from the Amundsen Sea (Antarctica). Specimen from a bouin's-fixed sample provided by Eun Jin Yang

Ciliate individuals exchange genetic material through the formation of a cytoplasmic bridge

Figure from original description in Kofoid & Campbell 1929