Ptygura rotifer
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Sauerkraut
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Ptygura rotifer
This sessile rotifer was super cool to find in the pond. It seems to be a Ptygura pilula who built itself an impressive house of excrement. The lateral antennae are visible and from my observations, when the rotifer retreats to the encasement, the lateral antennae poke out first before the creature re-emerges.
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Re: Ptygura rotifer
Great catch and image! I would go with Ptygura as well
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Re: Ptygura rotifer
Hi Heather,
good catch and nice picture! It is interesting how much these rotifiers vary in their ways of life. We have probably already killed lots of these species before understanding their role in nature.
Bob
good catch and nice picture! It is interesting how much these rotifiers vary in their ways of life. We have probably already killed lots of these species before understanding their role in nature.
Bob
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Re: Ptygura rotifer
Agreed. The more I look under the microscope, the more I'm convinced that microorganisms drive the health of the entire macro-ecosystem in ways largely underestimated.MicroBob wrote:Hi Heather,
It is interesting how much these rotifiers vary in their ways of life. We have probably already killed lots of these species before understanding their role in nature.
Bob