Figs 2A–H. Apoamphisiella tihanyiensis from life. A, B in Two Oxytrichids from the Ancient Lake Biwa, Japan, with Notes on Morphogenesis of Notohymena australis (Ciliophora, Sporadotrichida)

Figs 2A–H. Apoamphisiella tihanyiensis from life. A, B – ventral view of different cells; C – a contracted cell, showing contractile vacuole; D – part of cell in dorsal view, showing contractile vacuole with collecting canals (arrow); E, F – ventral views of anterior (E) and posterior (F) parts of the same cell, showing arrangement of cortical granules; G – plumper individual, showing cortical granules (arrowheads) and macronuclear nodules; H – part of cell in dorsal view showing spherical contractile vacuole and arrangement of cortical granules. CV – contractile vacuole, FC – frontal cirri, Ma – macronuclear nodule, RMR – right marginal row, TC – transverse cirri. Scale bars: 60 μm.