Unknown ciliate.

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Unknown ciliate.

#1 Post by jason » Sat Jan 11, 2020 3:15 am

This came out of a sample from the Mississippi off the river bank bottom, in the middle of freezing Minnesota temps. It's been a bit over a week since I got the sample.

We haven't figured this one out yet (20 by 10x):
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With some blurry coleps (they were buzzing around!) for size comparison:
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And a questionably helpful 20x by 40x shot:
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