Spirotrichea:
Hypotrichia: Euplotida: Euplotidae
Euplotes moebiusi
forma quadricirratus Kahl
Genus: Body ovoid, inflexible; ventral surface flattened, dorsal surface convex; peristome broadly
triangular (Kudo, 1966).
Cell body is ovoid, dorsoventrally flattened; dorsal surface may be equipped with some ornamentation;
three groups of cirri (frontoventral, transverse & caudal); macronucleus C-shaped, "3"-shaped, or
horsehoe-shaped (Carey, 1992).
Species:
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Euplotes moebiusi forma quadricirratus Kahl,
cell body 73 μm long, 48 μm wide, 7 dorsal ridges,
peristome 2/3 cell length, 9 frontoventral (4+3+2), 5 transverse & 4 caudal cirri,
x 400, x 640, Japan,1998 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400 :
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Euplotes moebiusi forma quadricirratus Kahl,
ingesting Chilomonas paramecium, x 400, x 640,
Japan 1998 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Euplotes moebiusi forma quadricirratus Kahl,
cultured with Urostyla sp., morphological changes, x 400, x 640, Japan 1998 by Y. Tsukii
Euplotes moebiusi forma quadricirratus Kahl,
a cell stained with Azure C, x 400, x 640, Japan 1998 by Y. Tsukii
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