| Encentrum felis ; a species with symbiotic algae and a retrocerebral sac with red granules surrounding a red cerebral eyespot (4) |
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| Encentrum felis ; another specimen from (2) |
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| Encentrum felis; lateral view of a slightly compressed specimen. Head with rostrum (R) and red cerebral eyespot (yellow arrow). caudal is the retrocerebral sac with dark red granules (red arrow). Cuticula with 4 lenghtwise stripes (yellow triangles). This species has green zoochlorellae (green triangles).(1) |
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| Encentrum felis; dorsoventral view of specimen from (2), different focus planes. Left: focus on the forcipate trophi; right: focus plane on the symbiotic zoochlorellae. |
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| Encentrum felis; two images showing the ability of E. felis to protrude the forcipate trophi, which are used for picking up the diet like a tweezer. Upper image: lateral view; lower image: dorsoventral view. (3) |
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| Encentrum felis; forcipate trophi with oblong-oval outline of closed rami. Fulcrum short. Left: specimen from (4); right: specimen from (3) |
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| Location: Eersel (NL), Raststätte, Teich (1); Wuppertalsperrre, compensation pond (2); NSG Heiliges Meer, Nähe Erdfallsee (3); Plabennec, Bretagne, France, ditch (4) |
| Habitat: periphyton (1), (2; (3); (4) |
| Date: 14.4.2007; 24.01.2012 (2); 14.05.2011 (3); 13.08.2019 (4) |
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