Fig. 9 in Some Ultrastructural Features of the Planktonic Freshwater Ciliate Limnostrombidium viride (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Oligotrichida) and Improved Diagnoses of Oligotrich Taxa

Fig. 9. Extrusomes of Limnostrombidium viride in the SEM (A, B) and TEM (C, D). (A) Lateral view of a cell. Arrowheads mark just ejected extrusomes. (B) Extrusome cluster. (C) Cross section of extrusome stripe. (D) Longitudinal section. One extrusome is just ejected (arrow), four are in the resting state, and three "empty chambers" (asterisks) are the remains of previously ejected extrusomes. CSL, concentric sheet layers; CT, curved tubules; EC, extrusome cores; ED, electron-dense bodies; EM, extrusome membranes; EX, extrusomes; GK, girdle kinety; MT, separating microtubules; PE, perilemma. Scale bars: 20 µm (A), 1 µm (B–D).