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Ceratium (Dinophyceae)

 

C. hirundinella.
(freshwater)
Students may associate the cell shape with the good ship "Enterprise" from Star Trek.

 

 

C. hirundinella

 

 

C. hirundinella

 

 

C. fusus
(marine)

 

 

C. fusus

 

 

Ceratium tripos or Tripos muelleri (synonym)
Image posted at botany.natur.cuni.cz

Ceratium tripos (O.F.Müller) Nitzsch 1817: 4 (as 'tripus') Published in: Nitzsch, C.L. (1817). Beitrag zur Infusorienkunde oder Naturbeschreibung der Zerkarien und Bazillarien. Neue Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle 3(1): 1-128

Tripos muelleri Bory 1826: 41 (as 'mulleri'). Bory de Saint-Vincent, [J.B.G.M.] (1826). Essai d'une classification des animaux microscopiques. pp. [i]-x, [1]-104. Paris: de l'imprimerie de de Mme Veuve Agasse.

 

 

Ceratium cf. longipes, Casco Bay, ME USA 17 Aug 2010
Considered synonyms:   C. tripos, Tripos longipes, or T. muelleri 

Ceratium longipes (Bailey) L.Maggi 1880: 11 Published in: Maggi, L. (1880). Tassonomia e corologia dei cilio-flagellati. Bollettino Scientifico 2(1): 7-16.

Ceratium tripos (O.F.Müller) Nitzsch 1817: 4 (as 'tripus') Published in: Nitzsch, C.L. (1817). Beitrag zur Infusorienkunde oder Naturbeschreibung der Zerkarien und Bazillarien. Neue Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle 3(1): 1-128

Tripos muelleri Bory 1826: 41 (as 'mulleri'). Bory de Saint-Vincent, [J.B.G.M.] (1826). Essai d'une classification des animaux microscopiques. pp. [i]-x, [1]-104. Paris: de l'imprimerie de de Mme Veuve Agasse.

Tripos longipes (Bailey) F.Gómez 2021: 369

 

 

Ceratium cf. longipes, Casco Bay, ME USA 17 Aug 2010

 

Ceratium cf. lineatum, Casco Bay, ME USA 17 Aug 2010

 

 

Ceratium cf. longipes, Casco Bay, ME USA 17 Aug 2010

 

 

Ceratium cf. longipes, Casco Bay, ME USA 17 Aug 2010

 

 

Ceratium ranipes collected from a boat dock at Formia, Italy with a 64 µm net by Fritz Neidl
Modified from a photograph by Fritz Neidl posted online.

Ceratium hirundinella cyst from Lake Cochichewick, North Andover MA, USA
18 Oct. 2016

 

 

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