Colacium vesiculosum, a sessile euglenoid flagellate
Colacium vesiculosum, epibiontic on the rotifer Keratella cochlearis (22.05.2006)
Colacium vesiculosum, epibiontic on Cyclops, size of the cells about 20µ. (05.06.2010)
Colacium vesiculosum, crop of the above image. Red arrowheads: spiral-shaped pellicula; blue arrowheads: pyrenoids.
Colacium vesiculosum, during the mobile phase the cells have a flagellum which is reduced when the transition to the sessile form happens. The sessile forms of C. vesiculosum have a stalk of gelatinous consistency. This specimen had stll a flagellum which could be recognized by the movement ( yellow arrowheads)
Location: Gevelsberg, Grünes Klassenzimmer, Teich
Habita: Plankton
Date: 05.06.2010
freshwater life
procaryota
algae
plants
protists
"worms"
molluscs
arthropods
marine life
mediterranean
tropical
misc
impresssum
plingfactory