Cross section through a radial arm of the contractile vacuole complex. The collecting canal occupies the center of the arm whose membrane is supported by the radial microtubular ribbon which has now d...

High resolution image of the cross section through a radial arm of the contractile vacuole complex. The collecting canal occupies the center of the arm whose membrane is supported by the radial microt...

A part of the CVC complex with some filled ampullae present. Masses of collapsed CV membrane are associated with the 11 microtubular ribbons. Ribbon 9 is curving away from the other ribbons and is ext...