Sorry if this is a duplicate entry. Having trouble editing and/or cancelling my first attempt.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. I have seen 3 of these critters in the last 3 months, all from the sediment in a shallow pond mostly frozen over. I've never seen a nematode coiled up like this, or partitioned like a micro-nautilus. The outer end appears to be broken off; also very un-worm-like. Maybe it isn't even an animal.
Hi Spoke,
The first image seems to have gone missing; I assume it's the one on your page here. Filaments divided by septa like this tend to be from fungi, which are often hard to impossible to recognize by shape. The book How to Know the Pollen and Spores offers Helicoma, though, as one example with coiled ascospores that at least look consistent with what you found.
Hi Actinophyrs,
You have been very helpful. It would appear that we are dealing with either Helicoma or possibly Helicosporium. In either case you have placed it in the right ballpark.
Just for the record, the link you provided is not the image I used in my original post but it is #3 of the three specimens I have seen. The original image (wherever it is) can be seen at:
http://www.zone-vx.com/MF-02.jpg
Thanks again. Your help is much appreciated.
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