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Ciliate ID
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:00 am
by Wes
I found this ciliate with what looks like a big 'mouth' in a freshwater pond at a very shallow depth (basically within hands reach of the shore). It measures at 70x50 µm. It seems to have a taste for brown stuff
- Unknown ciliate, 40/0,95 DIC
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Re: Ciliate ID
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 3:05 pm
by Sauerkraut
Now that's a very nice image, as compared with my amoeba. Taken with the Canon 50D?
Re: Ciliate ID
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 3:12 pm
by Francisco
Very nice.
Lembadion
Re: Ciliate ID
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 8:26 pm
by Wes
Francisco wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 3:12 pm
Very nice.
Lembadion
Many thanks for the ID Francisco! Highly appreciated
Sauerkraut wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 3:05 pm
Now that's a very nice image, as compared with my amoeba. Taken with the Canon 50D?
Thanks Sauerkraut, its not as sharp as I wish but good enough for an ID. It was taken with the 50D yes. One thing I don't like is how the images always look sharper in preview and then come out blurrier.
Re: Ciliate ID
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 1:55 pm
by Bruce Taylor
Really nice! This one can be identified to species level: Lembadion lucens (cell size significantly smaller than that of L. bullinum, oral aperture shorter than that of L. magnum)
Re: Ciliate ID
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2019 5:19 pm
by Wes
Bruce Taylor wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 1:55 pm
Really nice! This one can be identified to species level:
Lembadion lucens (cell size significantly smaller than that of
L. bullinum, oral aperture shorter than that of
L. magnum)
Awesome, thank you very much for the species ID Bruce!