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From: Taxonomy and SSU rRNA gene-based phylogeny of two new Euplotes species from China: E. chongmingensis n. sp. and E. paramieti n. sp. (Protista, Ciliophora)

Fig. 3

Euplotes paramieti n. sp. in vivo (A, B, E, F), after protargol (C, D, G, H) and silver nitrate (C) staining. A Ventral view to show a representative individual. B Detail of dorsal side showing the cortical ampules (shaded black) surrounding the cilia and numerous irregular ellipsoidal to ovoidal granules extremely densely packed beneath dorsal pellicle (C) Detail of dorsal silverline system. D Structure of anterior left membranelles. E, F Left lateral views of a ‘winged’ (E) and a normal (F) individual. G, H Ventral (G) and dorsal (H) views of the holotype specimen showing the ciliary pattern, fibrils, and macronucleus. Scale bars = 90 μm

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