I found these ciliates in my small pond. They are about 700 microns long. The adoral zone of membranelles is about 1/3 of the body length. First part is low magnification and bright field, second part 2.5x larger magnification and oblique illumination.
Spirostomum minus
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Re: Spirostomum minus
Nice video, thanks for sharing.
Re: Spirostomum minus
Nice finding, very interesting protists!
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