Fig. 8 in Integrative taxonomy of five astome ciliates (Ciliophora, Astomatia) isolated from earthworms in Central Europe

Fig. 8. Anoplophrya lumbrici (Schrank, 1803), Slovak specimens in vivo. A. Semi-schematic diagram of the ventral side, showing the nuclear apparatus, the arrangement of contractile vacuoles (arrowheads) and the somatic ciliary pattern. B–C. Details of the anterior and posterior body pole, showing the apical and the terminal suture. D. In dying cells, the macronucleus diminishes in size leaving behind a conspicuous hyaline envelope. The macronucleus sometimes also fragments within the envelope in postmortem cells. E–I. Variability of body shape and size as well as of the contractile vacuole and nuclear apparatus. The micronucleus is situated conspicuously far away from the macronucleus, namely, near the middle of the left body margin and always opposite to the row of contractile vacuoles. Drawn to scale. Scale bars: A, E–I = 50 µm; D = 20 µm.