I was looking through some filamentous algae from my Dad's Pond culture bottle, when I came upon this interesting looking rotifer: 10x objective
These are heavily processed, trying to pull out as much detail as possible, I hope it's not too much.
I have never seen one of these before. Browsing through the Rotifer ID Key, I'm thinking Testudinella.
New to me rotifer
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New to me rotifer
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Re: New to me rotifer
Hi Les
I think you're right it being a Testudinella - maybe patina (but I could be wrong !)
Tony
East Riding of Yorkshire
I think you're right it being a Testudinella - maybe patina (but I could be wrong !)
Tony
East Riding of Yorkshire
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Re: New to me rotifer
This fellow was gorgeous under dark field illumination, but I could not get a photo to turn out.
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Re: New to me rotifer
Very nice. I wish you also focused on the alga filament in another photo-- it looks very beautiful.
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Re: New to me rotifer
The algae was my original target, I was trying to get some good dark field shots until this fellow wondered by.
Some of this algae was simply gorgeous, I do plan to go back to this bottle and get some good bright field shots of it, as my camera doesn't handle DF very well.
Some of this algae was simply gorgeous, I do plan to go back to this bottle and get some good bright field shots of it, as my camera doesn't handle DF very well.
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LOMO BIOLAM L-2-2
LOMO POLAM L-213 / BIOLAM L-211 hybrid
LOMO Multiscope (Biolam)
Cameras: Canon T3i, Olympus E-P1 MFT, Amscope 3mp USB