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Trachelostyla (track-ell-owe-stike-a) (tentative identification) is one of a large number of stichotrichine hypotrich ciliates, and the genera can only be properly distinguished by careful mapping of the the distribution of the cirri - an exercise which requires special preparation of the cell. Trachelostyla is one of several genera which can have a narrowed front end bearing the adoral zone of membranelles. Phase contrast. This image taken by Michele Bahr and David Patterson of material collected from the water column and the margins of Lake Toolik (Alaska, USA) in August, 2001. Image copyright: Michele Bahr and D. J. Patterson, used under license to MBL (micro*scope).
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Trachelostyla
From the collection
Lake Toolik, Arctic Alaska
| Description of Trachelostyla: Sporadotrichine ciliates, Two frontoventral cirri anterior of transverse cirri; transverse cirri; caudal cirri, posterior. |
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