Zooplankton of the open Baltic: Extended Atlas - IOW
Zooplankton of the open Baltic: Extended Atlas - IOW
Zooplankton of the open Baltic: Extended Atlas - IOW
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Plate 4.3.2<br />
Ciliophora, Gymnostomatida. Anterior end <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> cell with distinct oral<br />
cone, bulge or head. 1, Homalozoon vermiculare, large ciliate, up to 570 μm<br />
long, with oral bulge containing toxicysts anteriorly (inset), and several<br />
contractile vacuoles along <strong>the</strong> cell; 2, Trachelophyllum apiculatum, flaskshaped,<br />
with an elongated neck and cytostome on <strong>the</strong> snout-like tip (inset),<br />
contractile vacuole is terminal, body length 120 μm; 3, Lacrymaria olor, with<br />
<strong>the</strong> long extensile neck, body length 380 μm; 4, Lacrymaria olor, contracted,<br />
with protrusable snout which has two distinct zones (inset); 5, Lacrymaria<br />
coronata group, flask-shaped ciliate, with <strong>the</strong> single terminal contractile<br />
vacuole, ovoid macronucleus and head region (inset) typical for <strong>the</strong> genus,<br />
body length 110 μm; 6, Mesodinium pulex, with three pre-equatorial ciliary<br />
belts, <strong>the</strong> equatorial ciliary belt close to globular trunk, body length 18 μm; 7,<br />
8, 9, 10, 11, Monodinium balbiani, carnivorous ciliate, with one ciliary wreath<br />
encircling <strong>the</strong> oral cone, composed <strong>of</strong> nematodesmata (8, arrow) and sausageshaped<br />
macronucleus, body length 60 μm (photos E. Mironova).<br />
Photos 1-6, 9: live, BF; 7, 8, 10, 11: live, DIC.<br />
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