found unknown pond life,need identify
found unknown pond life,need identify
400x
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camera system problem
a strange blue fog come from microscope not camera system?
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camera system problem
a strange blue fog come from microscope not camera system?
Re: found unknown pond life,need identify
Hi 92111,
I would say it is a vorticella which has shed it's looking for pastures new, or is about to encyst.
Peter.
I would say it is a vorticella which has shed it's looking for pastures new, or is about to encyst.
Peter.
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Re: found unknown pond life,need identify
I agree that it looks like something that has detached, but not a peritrich like Vorticella. They have much finer oral cilia than the membranelles seen here, and mobile stages typically have one ring of conspicuous body cilia.
It can be helpful to know where such things are from and how large they are. In this case, I think the colouring marks it as a Stentor multiformis, which are 100-400 μm. Stentor are trumpet-shaped when extended but can also contract into globs like this; the characteristic bluish pigment is shared with S. coeruleus but those do not have round macronuclei and are much larger.
It can be helpful to know where such things are from and how large they are. In this case, I think the colouring marks it as a Stentor multiformis, which are 100-400 μm. Stentor are trumpet-shaped when extended but can also contract into globs like this; the characteristic bluish pigment is shared with S. coeruleus but those do not have round macronuclei and are much larger.
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Re: found unknown pond life,need identify
He is claiming a magnification of 400X, which wouldn't exactly be what we are seeing on the monitor. However, one would assume therefore, a 40X objective with the video covering maybe 1/2 the field?? Is that about right, 92111? Stentor Muelleri would be roughly that size and could be blocky enough to fit the bill, if so.
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Re: found unknown pond life,need identify
I agree with Josh! It's definitely a heterotrich. The compact, central macronucleus and bluish pigment strongly indicate Stentor multiformis.
S. muelleri is unpigmented, and has a macronucleus like a string of beads.
S. muelleri is unpigmented, and has a macronucleus like a string of beads.
Re: found unknown pond life,need identify
yes 40x objective.i don't know magnification .
thanks for identify
thanks for identify
Re: found unknown pond life,need identify
Not that I have any strong conviction or extensive knowledge, but have you considered a strombidium.
Looks similar to me.
Looks similar to me.