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Randy
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Can someone identify this please?

#1 Post by Randy » Mon Dec 31, 2018 7:13 pm

Can someone identify this please?
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Re: Can someone identify this please?

#2 Post by desertrat » Mon Dec 31, 2018 7:54 pm

Looks like an aquatic oligochaete annelid, genus Nais. I used to see these in some of my freshwater cultures gathered from a pond. Here's a Youtube video of a worm identified as Nais Variabilis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJLLw8f2GL0
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Re: Can someone identify this please?

#3 Post by Randy » Mon Dec 31, 2018 11:24 pm

Thank you!

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