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Originally described by Ehrenberg under the name Nassula elegans.

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Nassulopsis elegans

From the collection Ciliates from Ehrenberg -- 1838

Description of Nassulopsis elegans: Synhymeniid ciliate, 200-300 micrometres in length. Body elongate ovoid, cylindrical, rounded at both ends, narrower in the anterior. With anterior blue or violet pigmented spot. Long cytopharyngeal basket, diagonally positioned in anterior third. Somatic ciliation uniform, with transverse synhymenium (hypostomial frange) slightly behind the oral aperture, crossing the entire ventral surface and almost encircling the cell. Multiple contractile vacuoles, usually 5 or more in longitudinal series behind the cytostome. Single macronucleus, large and ellipsoid in posterior half. Feeds on cyanobacteria. Freshwater and marine.

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Nassulopsis elegans in other collections

Nassulopsis elegans, from Freshwater and Terrestrial Microbes of Idaho (USA) and Elsewhere	Nassulopsis elegans, from Freshwater and Terrestrial Microbes of Idaho (USA) and Elsewhere	Nassulopsis elegans, from Freshwater and Terrestrial Microbes of Idaho (USA) and Elsewhere	Nassulopsis elegans, from Freshwater and Terrestrial Microbes of Idaho (USA) and Elsewhere	Nassulopsis elegans, from Images from Schewiakoff, 1889
Nassulopsis elegans, from Images from Schewiakoff, 1889	Nassulopsis elegans, from Images from Schewiakoff, 1889	Nassulopsis elegans, from Images from Schewiakoff, 1896	Nassulopsis elegans, from Freshwater and Terrestrial Microbes of Idaho (USA) and Elsewhere	Nassulopsis elegans, from Freshwater ponds of Konstanz (Germany)
Nassulopsis elegans, from Freshwater ponds of Konstanz (Germany)	Nassulopsis elegans, from Freshwater ponds of Konstanz (Germany)	Nassulopsis elegans, from Freshwater ponds of Konstanz (Germany)	Nassulopsis elegans, from Freshwater ponds of Konstanz (Germany)	Nassulopsis elegans, from Freshwater ponds of Konstanz (Germany)
Nassulopsis elegans, from Freshwater ponds of Konstanz (Germany)	Nassulopsis elegans, from Freshwater ponds of Konstanz (Germany)

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