Slides 59 & 60

[ Slide Set IV ]

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59

A tardigrade (phylum Tardigrada), also known as a water bear.  This speciment has been compressed to permit observation of the stylets and esophageal pump.

Photo by B. A. Jaffee
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60

Life stages of the soil amoeba, Theratromyxa weberi (Vampyrellidae).   A)  Trophozoite.  B)  Contact with a nematode.  C)   Encystment of a nematode.  D)  Digestive cyst of the amoeba.  E)   Excystment of new amoebae.

Drawing by R. M. Sayre