Lepocinclis spirogyroides
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Lepocinclis spirogyroides ( Syn .: Euglena spirogyra ) is a species of protists from the genus of the eye animals ( Lepocinclis ).
features
Lepocinclis spirogyroides is 45 to 250 micrometers long and 5 to 35 micrometers wide. The stiff cells , which react slightly to stimuli from chemicals or heat, are cigar-shaped, slightly twisted and flattened.
The chloroplasts, which are 2 to 3 micrometers in diameter, are disc-shaped and pyrenoids are absent. Each cell usually has two large paramylon granules, one in front of and one behind the nucleus . The outer skin is provided with warts arranged in a row, which consist of a mucus provided with iron hydroxide , the warts are stronger and more numerous in an iron-rich environment. The cells produce a thin, slimy covering. Palmellae and cysts are unknown.
ecology
Lepocinclis spirogyroides is a cosmopolitan, common freshwater species that occurs in ditches, ponds and lakes.
proof
- ^ A b Gordon F. Leedale, Keith Vickerman : Euglenozoa , In: John J. Lee, GF Leedale, P. Bradbury (Eds.): An Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa . tape 2 . Allen, Lawrence 2000, ISBN 1-891276-23-9 , pp. 1142 .