FIGURE 5. F in Morphology and molecular phylogeny of four Frontonia species from Turkey (Protista, Ciliophora)

FIGURE 5. F. angusta angusta from live material (a–c, g) and after silver staining (d–f). Ventral-lateral view (a–c). Infraciliatures of the ventral (d), dorsal (e) and buccal (f) areas. Part of a pellicle, to show extrusomes (g). Abbreviations: AL: argentophilic line; C: Cilia; CV: contractile vacuole; D: diatom; E: extrusome; EP: excretory pore; Ma: macronucleus; Mi: micronucleus; OA: oral apparatus; P1–P3: peniculi 1, 2, and 3; PK: postoral kineties (arrowheads in f); PM: paroral membrane; PoS: postoral suture; PrS: preoral suture; Cyp: cytopyge; VK1–3: vestibular kineties 1, 2, and 3. Arrowheads mark postoral kineties. Scale bar = 70 µm