Nassulopsis elegans

Nassulopsis elegans
Systematics
without rank:	Diaphoreticks
without rank:	Sar
without rank:	Alveolata
without rank:	Ciliates (ciliophora)
Genre :	Nassulopsis
Type :	Nassulopsis elegans
Scientific name
	Nassulopsis elegans
	( Ehrenberg , 1833)

Nassulopsis elegans is a species of ciliates (Ciliophora).

The animals are elongated and 200 to 300 micrometers in size. A dark blue pigment spot on the front pole is characteristic of this species. The Schlundreuse consists of complex microtubule structures and is large. There are a large number of mucocysts in the marginal plasma . Among other things, these provide the facet structures of resting cysts .

The habitat of Nassulopsis elegans are small bodies of water . Here the species can be found between duckweed and in the sediment.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Heinz Streble , Dieter Krauter : Life in the water drop. Microflora and microfauna of freshwater. An identification book. Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-440-11966-2 .

[Wassertropfen-1] Heinz Streble , Dieter Krauter : Life in the water drop. Microflora and microfauna of freshwater. An identification book. Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-440-11966-2 .