Ciliate IS this Climacostomum?

jc maccagno · Post by **jc maccagno** » Mon Sep 16, 2019 10:00 pm

Freshwater Pond Scum 400X 1000X

actinophrys · Post by **actinophrys** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 12:21 pm

These are hypotrichs; you can see cirri along the margins in addition to the membranelles at the front. Most kinds (Oxytricha and the like) are hard to identify for certain, depending on details of how the cirri are arranged. In this case, though, there is also the deep oral cavity with its peculiarly involute front. So far as I know that is distinctive to Steinia.

jc maccagno · Post by **jc maccagno** » Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:06 pm

Thank you for you reply-much appreciated

John

Ciliate IS this Climacostomum?

Ciliate IS this Climacostomum?

Is this Clinocostomum