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Posted: **Fri Mar 29, 2024 12:06 pm**

hello guys, I have found this in a sample of a acquarium water, but I don't know what is this creature

... Can you guys help me???

Posted: **Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:18 pm**

It is certainly a Peritrich Ciliate in its loriga, perhaps Cothurnia annulata.

Posted: **Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:55 pm**

NachoBen wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:18 pm
It is certainly a Peritrich Ciliate in its loriga, perhaps Cothurnia annulata.

Thank you so much!!!

Posted: **Sun Mar 31, 2024 12:41 pm**

The most we can say is that it's in the family Vaginicolidae. We don't see the whole lorica, so identification to genus is impossible.

FOUND IN ACQUARIUM WATER