Dead Tardigrade?

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DonSchaeffer · #1 Post by **DonSchaeffer** » Thu Mar 11, 2021 4:43 pm

I found this in a salt water sample. Could it be a dead tardegrade?

janvangastel · #2 Post by **janvangastel** » Fri Mar 12, 2021 7:37 am

Certainly looks like one.

D0c · #3 Post by **D0c** » Fri Mar 12, 2021 8:17 am

Yep it's a tardigrade.

DonSchaeffer · #4 Post by **DonSchaeffer** » Fri Mar 12, 2021 4:10 pm

Thanks guys. It came from a salt water fish tank . The water sample was stored in a jar for about a year.

LouiseScot · #5 Post by **LouiseScot** » Fri Mar 12, 2021 7:01 pm

Maybe it's just sleeping?

Louise

Placozoa · #6 Post by **Placozoa** » Fri Mar 12, 2021 7:34 pm

Parrots can do that, I suppose tardigrades could too.

LouiseScot · #7 Post by **LouiseScot** » Fri Mar 12, 2021 7:39 pm

Placozoa wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 12, 2021 7:34 pm
Parrots can do that, I suppose tardigrades could too.

I suppose it's an ex-tardigrade

DonSchaeffer · #8 Post by **DonSchaeffer** » Fri Mar 12, 2021 10:47 pm

The trouble is, I dumped the sample back in the collection as well as I could but I may have missed it or damaged it.

75RR · #9 Post by **75RR** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 8:05 am

Tardirades moult, so that might just be its left behind skin.

DonSchaeffer · #10 Post by **DonSchaeffer** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 6:07 pm

Thanks for those reassuring comments.

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