Glaucoma scintillans Ehrenberg 1832
Glaucoma scintillans; specimen from (3)
 
Glaucoma scintillans; a ciliate of about 50µm with macronucleus (Ma), contractile vacuole (green arrowhead), and a characteristic oral apparatus (yellow arrowhead). The red arrowheads point to the food vacuoles. (1)
 
Glaucoma scintillans: specimen from (2).
 
Glaucoma scintillans: Crop of the above image showing the oral apparatus. The arrows point to the 3 adoral membranelles M1-M which are in a characteristic rhythmic pulsating movement in the live specimen. (2)
 
Glaucoma scintillans; oral apparatus of a specimen from (1). M1: yellow; M2: green; M3: red.
 
Glaucoma scintillans; focus on the cortex ??with extrusomes?? (1)
Glaucoma scintillans; specimen from (4), focus plane on the oral region.
 
Location: Herne-Wanne, pond (1); Gevelsberg, Grünes Klassenzimmer , Teich (1); Simmmelried near Konstanz/ Germany, bog (2); NSG Südheide, pond with Sphagnum (3); NSG Heiliges Meer, Großes Heiliges Meer (4)
Habitat: surface layer of a water sample being kept for 1 week (1); Detritus (2); on artificially exposed microslides (4); detritus (3);
Date: 25.03. 2010 (1); 25.10. 2010 (3); coll.: 28.04.2019, img.:M 07.05.2019 (4); 14.03.2018 (2)
 
 
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