Its a Stentor alright ..but what species?

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Its a Stentor alright ..but what species?

#1 Post by Plasmid » Sat Nov 14, 2020 1:42 am

First video shows a free swimming Stentor, although my wife swears its a video of a microscopic snake.
https://youtu.be/uBqmdTcmo9I

Second video shows the same Stentor anchored to an algae, and can possibly help with the species ident.
https://youtu.be/k9EWmItf-HE

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Re: Its a Stentor alright ..but what species?

#2 Post by Bruce Taylor » Sat Nov 14, 2020 3:16 am

No cortical pigments, no algal endosymbionts, vermiform macronucleus, so: S. roeselii.
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