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<emphasis id="B917F86DFFB6FF9465ECFE8413E99212" bold="true" box="[151,393,261,288]" pageId="4" pageNumber="439">Improved diagnosis.</emphasis>
Body size 205570 ×
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<emphasis id="B917F86DFFB6FF94667DFE841131922D" box="[774,849,262,287]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="439">in vivo</emphasis>
(on average 365 ×
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), 5001200 ×
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when extended, about 70190 ×
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after protargol impregnation. Body slender trumpet-shaped to conical when extended, colorless cortical granules scattered throughout whole body, contractile vacuole with connecting canal located in anterior left margin adjacent to peristome, 915 peristomial kineties, 3080 somatic ciliary rows, 514 moniliform spherical macronuclear nodules located at mid-body, 720 micronuclei located around macronuclear nodules. Mucilaginous lorica present.
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<emphasis id="B917F86DFFB6FF9465ECF8AC13749475" bold="true" box="[151,276,1838,1863]" pageId="4" pageNumber="439">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Line diagrams of
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from life (AC) and after protargol impregnation (D, E).
<emphasis id="B917F86DFFB6FF9461EFF8AC16CC9475" bold="true" box="[1172,1196,1838,1863]" pageId="4" pageNumber="439">A.</emphasis>
A representative specimen;
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Showing cortical granulation;
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Somatic cilia;
<emphasis id="B917F86DFFB6FF9467AFF8D1116A9459" bold="true" box="[724,778,1875,1899]" pageId="4" pageNumber="439">D, E.</emphasis>
Ventral and dorsal views of the voucher specimens, showing the somatic ciliature and the nuclear apparatus; Arrowhead in (D) point to basal bodies of somatic cilia; AM, adoral membranelles; AZM, adoral zone of membranelles; CG, cortical granules; MA, macronuclear nodules; MI, micronuclei; PK, peristomial kinety; PM, paroral membrane; SC, somatic cilia; SK, somatic kinety. Scale bars: A=100 µm, C=10 µm, D, E=50 µm.
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<emphasis id="B917F86DFFB7FF9565BCFF1A13A19381" bold="true" box="[199,449,152,179]" pageId="5" pageNumber="440">Locality and habitat.</emphasis>
Freshwater pond, Gonggeomji in Yangjeong-ri, Gonggeom-myeon, Sangju-si, Gyeongsanbuk-do,
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<emphasis id="B917F86DFFB7FF9565BCFF6313FD93C9" bold="true" box="[199,413,224,251]" pageId="5" pageNumber="440">Voucher material.</emphasis>
A slide with protargol-stained specimens was deposited in the National Institute of Biological Resources (
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),
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, with registration number NIBRPR0000110185. The slide contains many specimens, but relevant specimens are marked by black ink circles on the slide.
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<emphasis id="B917F86DFFB7FF9565ECFBE4136D974D" bold="true" box="[151,269,1126,1151]" pageId="5" pageNumber="440">FIGURE 4</emphasis>
. Photomicrographs of
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from life (AF).
<emphasis id="B917F86DFFB7FF956674FBE41148974D" bold="true" box="[783,808,1126,1151]" pageId="5" pageNumber="440">A.</emphasis>
Ventral view of a representative specimen, showing macronuclear nodules and position of contractile vacuole;
<emphasis id="B917F86DFFB7FF9567EBFB0810C89790" bold="true" box="[656,680,1162,1186]" pageId="5" pageNumber="440">B.</emphasis>
Indicating buccal ciliature;
<emphasis id="B917F86DFFB7FF9566BFFB0811BD9791" bold="true" box="[964,989,1162,1187]" pageId="5" pageNumber="440">C.</emphasis>
Section showing macronuclear nodules and micronuclei;
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Showing specimens in extended form;
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Cortical granulation and somatic cilia;
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Indicating mitochondria (?);
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Anterior part of live specimen, showing contractile vacuole with collecting canal; Arrowhead in (A) indicating holdfast organelles; Arrowhead in (D) indicating lorica; Arrowheads in (G) point to mitochondria (?); Arrowheads in (H) indicating collecting canal; AZM, adoral zone of membranelles; CV, contractile vacuole; CG, cortical granules; MA, macronuclear nodules; MI, micronuclei; PK, peristomial kineties, SC, somatic cilia, SK, somatic kineties. Scale bars: A=100 μm, D=200 μm, C=10 μm.
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Cell size 205570 ×
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<emphasis id="B917F86DFFB7FF9567ABFA2B117C96F0" box="[720,796,1449,1474]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="440">in vivo</emphasis>
(on average 365 × 135 μm
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) (
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), when fully extended they are
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in length and
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in width in the peristomial area (
<figureCitation id="135838FAFFB7FF9561E5FA4F169696D5" box="[1182,1270,1485,1511]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1126,1151]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,381,1048]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,381,1048]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Photomicrographs of S. muelleri from life (AF). A. Ventral view of a representative specimen, showing macronuclear nodules and position of contractile vacuole; B. Indicating buccal ciliature; C. Section showing macronuclear nodules and micronuclei; D, E. Showing specimens in extended form; F. Cortical granulation and somatic cilia; G. Indicating mitochondria (?); H. Anterior part of live specimen, showing contractile vacuole with collecting canal; Arrowhead in (A) indicating holdfast organelles; Arrowhead in (D) indicating lorica; Arrowheads in (G) point to mitochondria (?); Arrowheads in (H) indicating collecting canal; AZM, adoral zone of membranelles; CV, contractile vacuole; CG, cortical granules; MA, macronuclear nodules; MI, micronuclei; PK, peristomial kineties, SC, somatic cilia, SK, somatic kineties. Scale bars: A=100 μm, D=200 μm, C=10 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3667270" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3667270/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="440">Fig. 4D</figureCitation>
) usually about 70190 ×
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in protargol impregnated specimens (
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). Body slender trumpet-shaped when fully extended, and inverted pear-shaped in contracted specimens (
<figureCitation id="135838FAFFB7FF956654F99711CB951D" box="[815,939,1557,1583]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1126,1151]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,381,1048]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,381,1048]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Photomicrographs of S. muelleri from life (AF). A. Ventral view of a representative specimen, showing macronuclear nodules and position of contractile vacuole; B. Indicating buccal ciliature; C. Section showing macronuclear nodules and micronuclei; D, E. Showing specimens in extended form; F. Cortical granulation and somatic cilia; G. Indicating mitochondria (?); H. Anterior part of live specimen, showing contractile vacuole with collecting canal; Arrowhead in (A) indicating holdfast organelles; Arrowhead in (D) indicating lorica; Arrowheads in (G) point to mitochondria (?); Arrowheads in (H) indicating collecting canal; AZM, adoral zone of membranelles; CV, contractile vacuole; CG, cortical granules; MA, macronuclear nodules; MI, micronuclei; PK, peristomial kineties, SC, somatic cilia, SK, somatic kineties. Scale bars: A=100 μm, D=200 μm, C=10 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3667270" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3667270/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="440">Fig. 4A, D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="135838FAFFB7FF9566CCF99611BD951D" box="[951,989,1556,1583]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1264,1289]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,387,1244]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,337,1244]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 5. Photomicrographs of S. muelleri after protargol impregnation (AD). A, B. Ventral views of representative specimens, showing ciliature and nuclear apparatus; C. Showing paroral membrane; D. Basal bodies of somatic cilia; Arrowheads in (D) point to basal bodies of somatic cilia; AM, adoral membranelles; AZM, adoral zone of membranelles; MA, macronuclear nodules; MI, micronuclei; PM, paroral membrane; PK, peristomial kineties; SK, somatic kineties. Scale bars: A=50 μm, B=10 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3667272" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3667272/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="440">5A</figureCitation>
). The specimens appear dark and colorless under lower magnification (
<figureCitation id="135838FAFFB7FF95677EF9BB10E09561" box="[517,640,1593,1619]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1126,1151]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,381,1048]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,381,1048]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Photomicrographs of S. muelleri from life (AF). A. Ventral view of a representative specimen, showing macronuclear nodules and position of contractile vacuole; B. Indicating buccal ciliature; C. Section showing macronuclear nodules and micronuclei; D, E. Showing specimens in extended form; F. Cortical granulation and somatic cilia; G. Indicating mitochondria (?); H. Anterior part of live specimen, showing contractile vacuole with collecting canal; Arrowhead in (A) indicating holdfast organelles; Arrowhead in (D) indicating lorica; Arrowheads in (G) point to mitochondria (?); Arrowheads in (H) indicating collecting canal; AZM, adoral zone of membranelles; CV, contractile vacuole; CG, cortical granules; MA, macronuclear nodules; MI, micronuclei; PK, peristomial kineties, SC, somatic cilia, SK, somatic kineties. Scale bars: A=100 μm, D=200 μm, C=10 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3667270" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3667270/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="440">Fig. 4D, E</figureCitation>
). A small individual of
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has some brown or yellowish color spots scattered throughout the body, most likely caused by crystals or foods (
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). Colorless cortical granules scattered between somatic kinety rows, round or oval-shaped
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in diameter (
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). Cortex thin and translucent, which makes cytoplasmic organelles identifiable (
<figureCitation id="135838FAFFB7FF956637F92711C6958D" box="[844,934,1701,1727]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1126,1151]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,381,1048]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,381,1048]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Photomicrographs of S. muelleri from life (AF). A. Ventral view of a representative specimen, showing macronuclear nodules and position of contractile vacuole; B. Indicating buccal ciliature; C. Section showing macronuclear nodules and micronuclei; D, E. Showing specimens in extended form; F. Cortical granulation and somatic cilia; G. Indicating mitochondria (?); H. Anterior part of live specimen, showing contractile vacuole with collecting canal; Arrowhead in (A) indicating holdfast organelles; Arrowhead in (D) indicating lorica; Arrowheads in (G) point to mitochondria (?); Arrowheads in (H) indicating collecting canal; AZM, adoral zone of membranelles; CV, contractile vacuole; CG, cortical granules; MA, macronuclear nodules; MI, micronuclei; PK, peristomial kineties, SC, somatic cilia, SK, somatic kineties. Scale bars: A=100 μm, D=200 μm, C=10 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3667270" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3667270/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="440">Fig. 4A</figureCitation>
). 3082 longitudinal rows of somatic cilia on surface of body parallel to the antero-posterior axis (
<figureCitation id="135838FAFFB7FF956793F94B110195D1" box="[744,865,1737,1763]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1838,1863]" captionTargetBox="[157,1433,496,1819]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,482,1819]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Line diagrams of S. muelleri from life (AC) and after protargol impregnation (D, E). A. A representative specimen; B. Showing cortical granulation; C. Somatic cilia; D, E. Ventral and dorsal views of the voucher specimens, showing the somatic ciliature and the nuclear apparatus; Arrowhead in (D) point to basal bodies of somatic cilia; AM, adoral membranelles; AZM, adoral zone of membranelles; CG, cortical granules; MA, macronuclear nodules; MI, micronuclei; PK, peristomial kinety; PM, paroral membrane; SC, somatic cilia; SK, somatic kinety. Scale bars: A=100 µm, C=10 µm, D, E=50 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3667268" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3667268/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="440">Fig. 3D, E</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="135838FAFFB7FF956615F94B11EC95D1" box="[878,908,1737,1763]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1126,1151]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,381,1048]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,381,1048]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Photomicrographs of S. muelleri from life (AF). A. Ventral view of a representative specimen, showing macronuclear nodules and position of contractile vacuole; B. Indicating buccal ciliature; C. Section showing macronuclear nodules and micronuclei; D, E. Showing specimens in extended form; F. Cortical granulation and somatic cilia; G. Indicating mitochondria (?); H. Anterior part of live specimen, showing contractile vacuole with collecting canal; Arrowhead in (A) indicating holdfast organelles; Arrowhead in (D) indicating lorica; Arrowheads in (G) point to mitochondria (?); Arrowheads in (H) indicating collecting canal; AZM, adoral zone of membranelles; CV, contractile vacuole; CG, cortical granules; MA, macronuclear nodules; MI, micronuclei; PK, peristomial kineties, SC, somatic cilia, SK, somatic kineties. Scale bars: A=100 μm, D=200 μm, C=10 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3667270" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3667270/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="440">4F</figureCitation>
,
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). Somatic cilia arise from dikinetids,
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long (
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, arrowhead, 4F). Mitochondria (?)-
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organelles were also spread on the pellicle (
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). One contractile vacuole with a long collecting canal, located left of the peristome,
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in diameter during diastole (
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,
<figureCitation id="135838FAFFB7FF956479F8B71348947D" box="[258,296,1845,1871]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1126,1151]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,381,1048]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,381,1048]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Photomicrographs of S. muelleri from life (AF). A. Ventral view of a representative specimen, showing macronuclear nodules and position of contractile vacuole; B. Indicating buccal ciliature; C. Section showing macronuclear nodules and micronuclei; D, E. Showing specimens in extended form; F. Cortical granulation and somatic cilia; G. Indicating mitochondria (?); H. Anterior part of live specimen, showing contractile vacuole with collecting canal; Arrowhead in (A) indicating holdfast organelles; Arrowhead in (D) indicating lorica; Arrowheads in (G) point to mitochondria (?); Arrowheads in (H) indicating collecting canal; AZM, adoral zone of membranelles; CV, contractile vacuole; CG, cortical granules; MA, macronuclear nodules; MI, micronuclei; PK, peristomial kineties, SC, somatic cilia, SK, somatic kineties. Scale bars: A=100 μm, D=200 μm, C=10 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3667270" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3667270/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="440">4H</figureCitation>
). Peristomial area contains 9 to 15 peristomial kineties, size of peristomial cilia alike somatic cilia (
<figureCitation id="135838FAFFB7FF956014F8B712DC9441" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1838,1863]" captionTargetBox="[157,1433,496,1819]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,482,1819]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Line diagrams of S. muelleri from life (AC) and after protargol impregnation (D, E). A. A representative specimen; B. Showing cortical granulation; C. Somatic cilia; D, E. Ventral and dorsal views of the voucher specimens, showing the somatic ciliature and the nuclear apparatus; Arrowhead in (D) point to basal bodies of somatic cilia; AM, adoral membranelles; AZM, adoral zone of membranelles; CG, cortical granules; MA, macronuclear nodules; MI, micronuclei; PK, peristomial kinety; PM, paroral membrane; SC, somatic cilia; SK, somatic kinety. Scale bars: A=100 µm, C=10 µm, D, E=50 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3667268" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3667268/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="440">Fig. 3D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="135838FAFFB7FF9565BCF8DB128A9441" box="[199,234,1881,1907]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1126,1151]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,381,1048]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,381,1048]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Photomicrographs of S. muelleri from life (AF). A. Ventral view of a representative specimen, showing macronuclear nodules and position of contractile vacuole; B. Indicating buccal ciliature; C. Section showing macronuclear nodules and micronuclei; D, E. Showing specimens in extended form; F. Cortical granulation and somatic cilia; G. Indicating mitochondria (?); H. Anterior part of live specimen, showing contractile vacuole with collecting canal; Arrowhead in (A) indicating holdfast organelles; Arrowhead in (D) indicating lorica; Arrowheads in (G) point to mitochondria (?); Arrowheads in (H) indicating collecting canal; AZM, adoral zone of membranelles; CV, contractile vacuole; CG, cortical granules; MA, macronuclear nodules; MI, micronuclei; PK, peristomial kineties, SC, somatic cilia, SK, somatic kineties. Scale bars: A=100 μm, D=200 μm, C=10 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3667270" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3667270/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="440">4B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="135838FAFFB7FF95658EF8DA135A9441" box="[245,314,1880,1907]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1264,1289]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,387,1244]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,337,1244]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 5. Photomicrographs of S. muelleri after protargol impregnation (AD). A, B. Ventral views of representative specimens, showing ciliature and nuclear apparatus; C. Showing paroral membrane; D. Basal bodies of somatic cilia; Arrowheads in (D) point to basal bodies of somatic cilia; AM, adoral membranelles; AZM, adoral zone of membranelles; MA, macronuclear nodules; MI, micronuclei; PM, paroral membrane; PK, peristomial kineties; SK, somatic kineties. Scale bars: A=50 μm, B=10 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3667272" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3667272/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="440">5A, B</figureCitation>
). Buccal pouch absent. Adoral zone of membranelles composed of 120225 membranelles (
<figureCitation id="135838FAFFB7FF956044F8DB17F79441" box="[1343,1431,1881,1907]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1838,1863]" captionTargetBox="[157,1433,496,1819]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,482,1819]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Line diagrams of S. muelleri from life (AC) and after protargol impregnation (D, E). A. A representative specimen; B. Showing cortical granulation; C. Somatic cilia; D, E. Ventral and dorsal views of the voucher specimens, showing the somatic ciliature and the nuclear apparatus; Arrowhead in (D) point to basal bodies of somatic cilia; AM, adoral membranelles; AZM, adoral zone of membranelles; CG, cortical granules; MA, macronuclear nodules; MI, micronuclei; PK, peristomial kinety; PM, paroral membrane; SC, somatic cilia; SK, somatic kinety. Scale bars: A=100 µm, C=10 µm, D, E=50 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3667268" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3667268/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="440">Fig. 3D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="135838FAFFB7FF9565ECF8FF12DA94A5" box="[151,186,1917,1943]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1126,1151]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,381,1048]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,381,1048]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Photomicrographs of S. muelleri from life (AF). A. Ventral view of a representative specimen, showing macronuclear nodules and position of contractile vacuole; B. Indicating buccal ciliature; C. Section showing macronuclear nodules and micronuclei; D, E. Showing specimens in extended form; F. Cortical granulation and somatic cilia; G. Indicating mitochondria (?); H. Anterior part of live specimen, showing contractile vacuole with collecting canal; Arrowhead in (A) indicating holdfast organelles; Arrowhead in (D) indicating lorica; Arrowheads in (G) point to mitochondria (?); Arrowheads in (H) indicating collecting canal; AZM, adoral zone of membranelles; CV, contractile vacuole; CG, cortical granules; MA, macronuclear nodules; MI, micronuclei; PK, peristomial kineties, SC, somatic cilia, SK, somatic kineties. Scale bars: A=100 μm, D=200 μm, C=10 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3667270" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3667270/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="440">4B</figureCitation>
,
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). The longest adoral membranelles are
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long. The paroral membrane is typical of the genus, consisted of a single and continuous row of thin cilia,
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long surrounding peristome (
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,
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). Nuclear apparatus consists of a moniliform macronucleus with 514 spherical nodules almost
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in diameter
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(
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<figureCitation id="135838FAFFB4FF96645BFF1B13259381" box="[288,325,153,179]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1126,1151]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,381,1048]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,381,1048]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Photomicrographs of S. muelleri from life (AF). A. Ventral view of a representative specimen, showing macronuclear nodules and position of contractile vacuole; B. Indicating buccal ciliature; C. Section showing macronuclear nodules and micronuclei; D, E. Showing specimens in extended form; F. Cortical granulation and somatic cilia; G. Indicating mitochondria (?); H. Anterior part of live specimen, showing contractile vacuole with collecting canal; Arrowhead in (A) indicating holdfast organelles; Arrowhead in (D) indicating lorica; Arrowheads in (G) point to mitochondria (?); Arrowheads in (H) indicating collecting canal; AZM, adoral zone of membranelles; CV, contractile vacuole; CG, cortical granules; MA, macronuclear nodules; MI, micronuclei; PK, peristomial kineties, SC, somatic cilia, SK, somatic kineties. Scale bars: A=100 μm, D=200 μm, C=10 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3667270" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3667270/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="441">4A</figureCitation>
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). Seven to 20 spherical micronuclei,
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in diameter
<emphasis id="B917F86DFFB4FF966696FF1816589381" box="[1005,1080,154,179]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="441">in vivo</emphasis>
located near macronuclear nodules (
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,
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). Cells usually live inside of mucilaginous lorica (
<figureCitation id="135838FAFFB4FF9666EDFF3F119193E5" box="[918,1009,189,215]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1126,1151]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,381,1048]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,381,1048]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Photomicrographs of S. muelleri from life (AF). A. Ventral view of a representative specimen, showing macronuclear nodules and position of contractile vacuole; B. Indicating buccal ciliature; C. Section showing macronuclear nodules and micronuclei; D, E. Showing specimens in extended form; F. Cortical granulation and somatic cilia; G. Indicating mitochondria (?); H. Anterior part of live specimen, showing contractile vacuole with collecting canal; Arrowhead in (A) indicating holdfast organelles; Arrowhead in (D) indicating lorica; Arrowheads in (G) point to mitochondria (?); Arrowheads in (H) indicating collecting canal; AZM, adoral zone of membranelles; CV, contractile vacuole; CG, cortical granules; MA, macronuclear nodules; MI, micronuclei; PK, peristomial kineties, SC, somatic cilia, SK, somatic kineties. Scale bars: A=100 μm, D=200 μm, C=10 μm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3667270" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3667270/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="441">Fig. 4D</figureCitation>
, arrowhead) composed of sand grains and other sticky particles, with length
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. Food vacuoles are
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in diameter; containing bacteria and diatoms as food (
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). Lipid droplets,
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in diameter, scattered throughout body. Cell has a holdfast organelle that assists with attachment to the substrate of benthic bottom or basement of lorica (
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, arrowhead).
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