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Dictyocysta (Testate ciliate)

Dictyocysta mitra. A ‘closing apparatus’ (Agatha 2010) activated by outside disturbance can be seen in the right-hand image as the top of a membrane sack surrounding cell and inside the lorica. SEM photograph by © Sabine Agatha, Department of Organismic Biology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, A‐5020 Salzburg, Austria, posted online.

Agatha, S. 2010. A light and scanning electron microscopic study of the closing apparatus in tintinnid ciliates (Ciliophora, Spirotricha, Tintinnina): A forgotten synapomorphy. Eukaryotic Microbiology 57(4):297-307.

Agatha, S. 2010. A forgotten synapomorphy in tintinnid ciliates (Ciliophora, Spirotricha, Tintinnina): a light and scanning electron microscopic study of the closing apparatus. Science in Parasitology and Protozoology solves Problems. Düsseldorf, Germany.

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