Cyrtos, cytopharyngeal rods (nematodesmata)

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:48 pm

Had some fun with that subject header.... reminded me of my Latin classes back in high school!

Anyway... I had thought the illustrations in Jahns "How to Know the Protozoa" perhaps exaggerated the size of the cyrtos in some of the species since I had never seen them that pronounced. Well, not any more. As you can see they are very obvious in some cases.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 3:01 am

Amazing all the secrets these little critters hold. Beautiful!

bernhardinho · Post by **bernhardinho** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:16 am

Hi Charles,

these are by far the most excellent images of the oral basket I've ever seen.

Many thanks!!

Bernhard

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:08 am

I did not see them in your older post, but I did look up the word. You cannot mistake them in these pictures Charles. All the pictures are fantastic, but the second one is spectacular