ciliates:

preview-picture	description	comment
	Amphileptus pleurosigma Garden pond, November 2007	Ventral and dorsal a row of vacuoles, eachMicroscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Amphileptus pleurosigma Garden pond, November 2007	In the middle 2 macronucleii, to the reight the thorn-shaped extrusoms become visible. They are evenly distributed over the whole plasma.Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Amphileptus pleurosigma Garden pond, November 2007	Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Blepharisma spec. Culture-material, June 2007Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Blepharisma spec. Culture-material, June 2007Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Blepharisma spec. Culture-material, June 2007Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto	Phase contrast
	campanella umbellaria garden pond, February 2007Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto	normal state
	campanella umbellaria garden pond, February 2007Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto	startle response
	campanella umbellaria garden pond, May 2003Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto	this video (AVI-format, 1.1 MB)
	campanella umbellaria garten pond, March 2004Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	campanella umbellaria garden pond, January 2005	this video (AVI-(DIVX)-format, 1.7 MB) shows a swarmer.Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	cothurnia annulata garden pond, July 2005Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	cothurnia annulata garden pond, July 2005	video (2,4 MB, divx-format)Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	discomorphella pectinata garden pond, July 2006Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto	2 pictures stacked with CombineZ5
	Euplotes spec. heathland pond June 2015 Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Euplotes spec. heathland pond June 2015 Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto	Phasecontrast
	euplotes spec. national horticultural show Duesseldorf, May 2006 Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Euplotes patella Botanical garden Uni Duesseldorf, March 2008Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto	Euplotes patella in most cases lives without some symbionts. Only the individuals that live in sapropel do often show symbiontic green algae
	Euplotes patella Botanical garden Uni Duesseldorf, March 2008Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Frontonia spec. Galgenvenn, a heathland pond, June 2016	Shortly before discharging a food vacuoleMicroscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Frontonia atra botanical garden university Duesseldorf, April 2007	Special characteristic: the brownish granular in the plasma, which cotains symbiontic ferro-bacteria, accumulating especially in the "head" - region.Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Frontonia atra botanical garden university Duesseldorf, April 2007	The contractile vacuole (CV) encircled by their feeding ducts and the food vacuole (FV) are shown here Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Frontonia atra botanical garden university Duesseldorf, April 2007	An obviously undigestible diatom is releasewd via a vacuole.Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	lacrymaria elegans putrid slime from my garden pond, September 2006Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Litonotus cygnus garden pond, August 2020	Phasecontrast
	Litonotus cygnus garden pond, August 2020	Phasecontrast
	opercularia confusa national horticultural show Duesseldorf, spring 2001Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	paramecium spec. garden pond, March 2007	This picture shows the 2 contractile vacuoles, the oral groove with the formation of a new food vacuole at its end, and the overall surrounding cilia.Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Paramecium spec. Gartenteich, März 2007	In the left part, a little bit hidden by the left contractile vacuole, the macronucleus and close above a micronucleus
	paramecium spec. garden pond, March 2007Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Paramecium bursaria Garden pond April 2015	PhasecontrastMicroscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Paramecium bursaria Hilden heathland May 2011	Phasecontrast, contractile vacuoles, macronucleusMicroscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Paramecium bursaria Garden pond April 2015	Oblique illumination, contractile vacuoles and symbiontic green algaeMicroscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Paramecium bursaria Garden pond April 2015	Oblique illumination, symbiontic green algae with pyrenoidMicroscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Paramecium bursaria Garden pond April 2015	Oblique illumination, ciliae and contractile vacuolesMicroscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Paramecium bursaria heathland pond April 2015	Polarized light, crystals in food vacuoles
	paramecium spec. Elfenmeer, a heathland-pond April 2003	the right picture shows the habitusMicroscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Scyphidia rugosa Phasecontrast, garden pond September 2017	YouTube video
	Scyphidia rugosa Phasecontrast, garden pond September 2017
	Scyphidia rugosa garden pond September 2017
	Spirostomum ambiguum garden pond, April 2007	Habitus
	Spirostomum ambiguum Gardenpond, lower rhine region July 2016	Habitus, darkfield
	Spirostomum ambiguum Gardenpond, lower rhine region July 2016	Habitus, darkfield
	Spirostomum ambiguum garden pond, April 2007	long, beads-like macronucleus, phase-contrastMicroscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Spirostomum ambiguum garden pond, April 2007	end-phase of cell-division, only a small bridge is still connecting the two cells
	Spirostomum ambiguum garden pond, April 2007	long, beads-like macronucleus, at the bottom a part of the also very long peristom, lengthwise striped cell-wall with pigment-granulesMicroscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Spirostomum ambiguum garden pond, April 2007Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto	Stoma
	Pseudovorticella monilata >garden pond, February 2007	Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Stentor coeruleus Peringsmaar January 2022
	Stentor coeruleus Peringsmaar January 2022
	Stentor coeruleus Peringsmaar January 2022
	Stentor coeruleus, phasecontrast Peringsmaar January 2022
	stentor coeruleus botanical garden university Duesseldorf, February 2007	Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	stentor coeruleus botanical garden university Duesseldorf, February 2007	Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Stentor igneus botanical garden university Duesseldorf, March 2007	stitch from 2 picturesMicroscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Stentor igneus botanical garden university Duesseldorf, March 2007	Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Stentor igneus botanical garden university Duesseldorf, March 2007	Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	stentor igneus botanical garden university Duesseldorf, November 2003	video, DIVX-AVI-format, 0,7 MBMicroscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	grey stentor garden pond, March 2002	video, AVI-format, 1,0 MBMicroscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Stentor polymorphus garden pond, December 2007	Video, WMV-Format, 3,8 MBMicroscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Stentor polymorphus garden pond, December 2007	video, WMV-Format, 3,8 MB
	stentor polymorphus garden pond, dezember 2006	overall viewMicroscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Stentor polymorphus garden pond, December 2007	Overall view in phase contrast, The whole body surface is covered with cilia, which are arranged in rows that correspond with striations on the cell body
	Stentor polymorphus garden pond, December 2007	Overall view in phase contrastMicroscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Stentor polymorphus garden pond, December 2007	Overall view in phase contrastMicroscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	stentor polymorphus garden pond, dezember 2006	coordinated movement of the ciliaeMicroscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	stentor polymorphus garden pond, dezember 2006	The adoral zone of membranelles (AZM) encircles the thee peristome and winds into an funnel-shaped part of the oral cavity that leads to the cytostome.
	stentor polymorphus garden pond, dezember 2006	The adoral zone of membranelles (AZM) encircles the thee peristome and winds into an funnel-shaped part of the oral cavity that leads to the cytostome.Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	stentor polymorphus garden pond, dezember 2006	The adoral zone of membranelles (AZM) encircles the thee peristome and winds into an funnel-shaped part of the oral cavity that leads to the cytostome.
	stentor polymorphus pond near the Wupper-dam, May 2006	probably a degenerated stentor polymorphus. besides the unusal form the behavior is more similar to that of a dinoflagellat. film, AVI-DIVX-format, 1,5 MBMicroscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	stichotricha secunda pond near the Wupper-dam, May 2006	Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Strombidium viride garden pond March 2007	The green algae in the plasma are not symbiontic zoochlorellas, but intact plastids of eaten algae
	Strombidium viride garden pond March 2007	The green algae in the plasma are not symbiontic zoochlorellas, but intact plastids of eaten algae
	stylonychia garden pond, April 2002	Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	stylonychia mytilus botanical garden university Duesseldorf,, August 2006	Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Stylonychia old clay pit, May 2015	phasecontrast
	Stylonychia old clay pit, May 2015
	Thuricola folliculata national horticultural show Duesseldorf, March 2007	2 animals in one lorica, here the seldomm form without green zoochlorellas. Characteric is the valve that closes the lorica when the animals have drwan back.Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Thuricola folliculata national horticultural show Duesseldorf, March 2007	2 animals in one lorica, here the seldomm form without green zoochlorellas. Characteric is the valve that closes the lorica when the animals have drwan back.
	Thuricola folliculata national horticultural show Duesseldorf, March 2007	2 animals in one lorica, here the seldomm form without green zoochlorellas. Characteric is the valve that closes the lorica when the animals have drwan back.Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Thuricola folliculata national horticultural show Duesseldorf, March 2007	Video (DIVX-format, ~3 MB)Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Thuricola folliculata Small Pond near Hilden, May 2011	YouTube video
	Thuricola folliculata Small Pond near Hilden, May 2011	Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Thuricola folliculata national horticultural show Duesseldorf, March 2007	2 animals in one loricaMicroscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Thuricola folliculata national horticultural show Duesseldorf, March 2007	2 animals in one lorica, living in symbiosis with green zoochlorellas
	thuricola folliculata national horticultural show Duesseldorf, March 2007	video, AVI-DIVX-format, 2,9 MB
	thuricola folliculata national horticultural show Duesseldorf, June 2006	Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	thuricola folliculata garden pond, April 2006	video, AVI-DIVX-Format, 1,5 MB
	vaginicola botanical garden university Duesseldorf, spring 2001	Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Vorticella spec. garden pond April 2007	Sometimes Vorticella contracts its stem to a helix. This is done with the aid of the myonem-bundle inside the stem In this phase-contrast picture you can the myonem-bundle inside the stem and even how it divides into two different lines when entering the cell-body.
	vorticella microstoma garden pond, September 2006Microscopy, photomicrograph, Microfoto
	Vorticella spec. Phasecontrast, Garden pond March 2017	YouTube video
	vorticella spec. national horticultural show Duesseldorf, June 2006	Ein Glockentierchen bei der Arbeit video, wmv-format, 1,6 MB