Artemia Salina

[hkv]

Sharing these images of what I believe is Artemia Salina. I had a real challenge getting good images of the nymphs, so I mostly focused on the adults with one exception.

Artemia Eggs:



Tail of a nymph:



Adult animal's tail in Darkfield:



Adult animal, head. POL:



Adult animal, head. Pol with retarder.



Closeup of eye of adult animal:



Full body of adult animal. Male showing the "horns" of the head.

[zzffnn]

Very beautiful!

[gekko]

Outstanding images!

[kit1980]

Interesting creature and very nice images!

[charlie g]

Fantastic images, thanks hkv. I still see boxed kits of these crusteaceans selling in toy section of stores..seems to have outlasted 'ant farm' toy kits.

The creatures are marketed boldly as: "Sea Monkies". I used to hatch these eggs to feed hydras I was keeping.

charlie guevara (BTW) please try vicous 1.5% methylcellulose to slow down these pesky and active meiofauna for your image captures. charlie guevara

[billben74]

World class images.

[RudiV]

Stunning images as always!

Thanks for sharing,
Rudi

[hkv]

Thanks all for looking!

[billbillt]

Wow!!... Thanks for sharing such stunning images!1.. Great work!1...


BillT

[Johann]

Super images