Looks like an Euglenoid to me. The type of movement, known as metaboly is characteristic for this group. A flexible protein layer, the pellicle, envelopes the whole cell and its what gives this organisms that extreme flexibility and resilience.
Nice video!
Flagellate with odd movement
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janvangastel
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Nice video. Yes, real shape shifters these little creatures.
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very interesting. what impresses me is how social they seem.
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Fascinating creatures. 
Colorless uniflagellate euglenoids like these were traditionally placed in the genus Astasia. Certain members of that genus are now known to be very closely related to the photosynthetic Euglena. Indeed, Astasia longa is now formally known as Euglena longa...while others, like the highly metabolic Astasia klebsii, remain in the old genus (for now). For comparison, some images of A. klebsii, by William Bourland: http://tolweb.org/onlinecontributors/ap ... QQivxKc5NS
Colorless uniflagellate euglenoids like these were traditionally placed in the genus Astasia. Certain members of that genus are now known to be very closely related to the photosynthetic Euglena. Indeed, Astasia longa is now formally known as Euglena longa...while others, like the highly metabolic Astasia klebsii, remain in the old genus (for now). For comparison, some images of A. klebsii, by William Bourland: http://tolweb.org/onlinecontributors/ap ... QQivxKc5NSRe: Flagellate with odd movement
Nice done.
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That is a very cool example of metaboly!
Zeiss Photomicroscope III BF/DF/Pol/Ph/DIC/FL/Jamin-Lebedeff
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