Can anyone ID this?
Can anyone ID this?
Not sure if this is a worm or nematode (other?), but unable to find anything similar on the web. Lives life at full throttle, observed for some time but wouldn't stay still for a decent shot. Odd behaviour, freed itself from this clump of detritus only to get entangled in another, and another, and so on. Any ideas?
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Nematode infected by fungal parasites?Chris Dee wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 3:28 pmNot sure if this is a worm or nematode (other?), but unable to find anything similar on the web. Lives life at full throttle, observed for some time but wouldn't stay still for a decent shot. Odd behaviour, freed itself from this clump of detritus only to get entangled in another, and another, and so on. Any ideas?
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Seems a bit too uniform and in one plane for it to be fungal, can't rule it out though.
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That's a fungusamongus. If the poor thing could feel an itch it would be going insane.
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Is it possible it is suffering from a dramatic change in osmotic pressure and the contents around it are itself , causing it to be stuck to external organisms. Completely erratic and frantic behaviour usually preceeds bursting due to osmotic pressure in protists. This is a little more complex, so may be able to persist longer before fatal collapse. I know when I start leaking I feel pretty frantic. So far I've been able to recover; one of the perks of being slightly more complex than a worm.
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The chaotic thrashing is standard nematode behaviour. It's what the silly things do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpgjnXEFadg I hate getting a nematode on a slide, because will knock my poor ciliates all over the place with its brainless writhing.
I have no idea what that coating is. It's interesting, though.
I have no idea what that coating is. It's interesting, though.
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There are some wacky marine nematodes that have furry coatings, but I think you might only very rarely encounter them if not looking for them specifically.
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More scouring of books and online has yielded nothing. Chalking this one down as "Fungal?.. Weird, but move along"