black and white portrait
Discocelis (disco-see-liss) saleuta V+rs, 1988. Cells are about 3.5 - 6.5 microns long, disc-shaped, flattened, anteriorly concave and posteriorly convex. Two flagella emerge from a depression on the anterior margin of the cell. The recurrent flagellum trails behind the gliding cell and is slightly longer than the cell. The shorter flagellum is less than 1 microns long, is hard to see and is inactive. The nucleus is located anteriorly in the right half of the cell. There is a line of bodies around the margin of the cell. The cells glide smoothly in closely contact with the substrate. This picture was taken by Won Je Lee using conventional photographic film using a Zeiss Axiophot microscope of material collected in marine sediments of Botany Bay (Sydney, Australia). The image description refers to material from Botany Bay. Image copyright: Won Je Lee, image used under license to MBL (micro*scope).
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Discocelis saleuta
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Heterotrophic flagellates of Botany Bay, Sydney, Australia
| Description of Discocelis saleuta: Cells are about 3.5 - 6.5 microns long, disc-shaped, flattened, anteriorly concave and posteriorly convex. Two flagella emerge from a depression on the anterior margin of the cell. The recurrent flagellum trails behind the gliding cell and is slightly longer than the cell. The shorter flagellum is less than 1 microns long, is hard to see and is inactive. The nucleus is located anteriorly in the right half of the cell. There is a line of bodies around the margin of the cell. The cells glide smoothly in closely contact with the substrate. |
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