portrait
Portrait of Strombomonas acuminata a loricate euglenoid flagellate. Lorica in this species is brownish with a tapering neck and the posterior drawn out to a tapering point. Single flagellum emerges from aperture in neck. Debris adheres to the lorica in this species. Cell body does not fill lorica.Prominent stigma and discoid plastids.From freshwater pond near Boise, Idaho. Oblique illumination. This image was taken by William Bourland. He now uses a Zeiss Axioskop 2 with Spot Insight and Spot Flex CCD cameras (Diagnostic Instruments). Image copyright: William Bourland, image used under license to MBL (micro*scope).
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Strombomonas
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Freshwater and Terrestrial Microbes of Idaho (USA) and Elsewhere
| Description of Strombomonas: Euglenids, swimming, with plastids, with external lorica or envelope which tapers to the flagellar opening, many species, all freshwater, type species S. conpsera Deflandre, 1930. |
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