Freshwater pond rotifers. Much to my delight, one has a egg attached to it.
Cell phone image taken @ eyepiece with 20x objective, DF. Low end photography but seemed worth sharing.
Rotifer egg
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Re: Rotifer egg
A good catch is always worth sharing!
I wonder though (hard to be sure from just one image) if what you have there is a Vorticella reproducing?
I wonder though (hard to be sure from just one image) if what you have there is a Vorticella reproducing?
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Sauerkraut
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Re: Rotifer egg
Looks like you are correct. Not an egg.75RR wrote:A good catch is always worth sharing!
I wonder though (hard to be sure from just one image) if what you have there is a Vorticella reproducing?
Re: Rotifer egg
Live birth rather than an egg. Still a great catch!Looks like you are correct. Not an egg.
Vorticella and the rest of the peritrich are fascinating:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/pag ... 7/mode/1up
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/sea ... ch#/titles
Zeiss Standard WL (somewhat fashion challenged) & Wild M8
Olympus E-P2 (Micro Four Thirds Camera)
Olympus E-P2 (Micro Four Thirds Camera)