Fig. 3. A–H in A Huge Diversity of Metopids (Ciliophora, Armophorea) in Soil from the Murray River Floodplain, Australia. II. Morphology and Morphogenesis of Lepidometopus platycephalus nov. gen., nov. spec.

Fig. 3. A–H. Lepidometopus platycephalus from life (A–D) and after silver carbonate impregnation (E–H). Asterisks mark the strongly flattened preoral dome (A–C, E). Opposed arrowheads denote cortex and epicortical scale layer (A, C, D). A, B, E. Ventro- (A, B) and dorsolateral (E) overviews, showing general body organization. C. Detail of anterior body portion. D. Detail of posterior body end, showing the single elongated caudal cilium. F. Lateral view, showing somatic ciliary pattern and nuclear apparatus. G, H. Dorsolateral views of anterior body portion, showing the oral ciliary pattern, the perizonal stripe, and the nuclear apparatus. AZP – adoral zone of polykinetids; CC – caudal cilium; CV – contractile vacuole; MA – macronucleus; MI – micronucleus; PM – paroral membrane; PS – perizonal stripe; SK – somatic kineties; SC – somatic cilia. Scale bars: 10 µm (C, G, H) and 20 µm (A, B, D–F).