Thje image on the left is transmitted light showing the cell inside the lorica or shell- and on the right an image with epifluorescence showing the cell macronucleus (green), an ingested chlorophyll-containing algal cell (red) and two Synechococcus cyanobacteria cells (yellow-orange).
Ernst Haeckel described the species Dictyocysta mitra in 1873. The image is a combination of two drawings in Plate 27. The paper is available on the Aquaparadox website, Classic Taxonomic Monographs page.
The image on the left is transmitted light showing the cell inside the lorica or shell- and on the right an image with epifluorescence showing the cell macronucleus (green), an ingested chlorophyll-containing algal cell (red) and two Synechococcus cyanobacteria cells (yellow-orange).
