. Fresh-water biology. Freshwater biology. CILIATE PROTOZOA (INFUSORIA) 283 102 (103) Body flattened, oval, with spiral furrows. Peristome with a vi- brating membrane posterior leading into the mouth. A tuft of long bristles at the posterior end of the body. Cinelochilum Perty. Representative species. Cinetochilum margaritaceum Ehrenberg 1838. Contractile vacuole posterior, opposite the mouth, with nucleus an- terior to it. Length 30 m- Very common in pond water. Fig. 505. Cinetochilum margantaceum. X 500. (After BiatschU.) 103 (102) Body nearly oval, ventral surface flat, cUiated; dorsal surf
. Fresh-water biology. Freshwater biology. CILIATE PROTOZOA (INFUSORIA) 283 102 (103) Body flattened, oval, with spiral furrows. Peristome with a vi- brating membrane posterior leading into the mouth. A tuft of long bristles at the posterior end of the body. Cinelochilum Perty. Representative species. Cinetochilum margaritaceum Ehrenberg 1838. Contractile vacuole posterior, opposite the mouth, with nucleus an- terior to it. Length 30 m- Very common in pond water. Fig. 505. Cinetochilum margantaceum. X 500. (After BiatschU.) 103 (102) Body nearly oval, ventral surface flat, cUiated; dorsal surface curved, with three longitudinal grooves. Mouth posterior on the left side, with a small, vibrating membrane. Microlhorax Engelmann. Representative species. Microthorax sulcatus Engelmann 1862. Associated with the preceding species. Length 40 to 60 ft. Fig. 506, Microthorax sulcatus. X 310. (After Kent.) i°4 (3) An adoral zone present consisting of cilia fused together into mem- braneUae. . Order Heterotrlcha 105 105(120) With a uniform covering of cilia io6 106(115) Peristome not confined to the anterior border of the body. 107 107 (112) Peristome a long, narrow furrow 108 108(111) With an undulating membrane 109 109 (no) Body flattened, narrow and hook-like in front. Mouth near the middle of the body at the end of the narrow peristome. Membranellae on the left waU of the peristome, on the right an undulating membrane. Colored. Blepharisma Perty. Representative species. . Blepharisma lateritia Ehrenberg 1838. Body usually truncate behind; nucleus in the anterior half of the body. Contrac- tile vacuole posterior. Color, peach-bloom. Length 150^1. Among aquatic plants, Fig. 507. Blepharisma lateritia. X i8o. (After Stein.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ward, Henry Baldwin, 1865-1945; Wh
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