cyst

Description:
Portrait of the stalked resting cyst of Podophrya fixa (MUELLER,1786) EHRENBERG, 1833, a suctorian ciliate. The thick brownish cyst wall has a variable (3-9) number of raised transverse rings. There is an apical aperture. The cell body is visible through the translucent cyst wall.
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- Life (biota)
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Phyllopharyngea
- Suctoria
- Exogenida
- Podophryidae
- Podophrya
- Podophrya fixa
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