Can anyone tell me what this is?
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Some kind of flatworm?
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I don't think so... I've seen flatworms before, this is not like them. I really have no idea. Not a ciliate, no internal motion, I'm stumped.clengman wrote:Some kind of flatworm?
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Appears to be flatworms or fluke. Here are some Google images:
https://www.google.com/search?q=microsc ... UQ_AUICigB
https://www.google.com/search?q=microsc ... UQ_AUICigB
Re: Can anyone tell me what this is?
Please tell us if this object is active, was it moving about when you observed it? What objective magnification spec were these images captured with, what overall magnification would you estimate we are enjoying here? What sample is this object from? thanks for all your terrific microscopy posting, Lilly. Charlie guevara
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Hi Charlie, I was using the 10/.25 objective, as noted in the pics, it was not moving and quite inactive. It's from a pond here on the Cape I took a sample from last week. I'm not even sure how to classify this organism. I've never seen one like it before, and I have something even stranger I'm about to post, the weirdest thing I've yet seen under my microscope, I kid you not.charlie g wrote:Please tell us if this object is active, was it moving about when you observed it? What objective magnification spec were these images captured with, what overall magnification would you estimate we are enjoying here? What sample is this object from? thanks for all your terrific microscopy posting, Lilly. Charlie guevara
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If it were moving..like others in this thread...I'd say: 'micrturbellarian'...due the first image showing pigmented eye spots'. But being non-motile...too little resolution to speculate ( for me that is).
Thanks for your microscopy in forum, Lilly. Charlie guevara
Thanks for your microscopy in forum, Lilly. Charlie guevara
Re: Can anyone tell me what this is?
There are many types of flatworms.Lilly Begonia wrote:I don't think so... I've seen flatworms before, this is not like them. I really have no idea. Not a ciliate, no internal motion, I'm stumped.clengman wrote:Some kind of flatworm?
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Something moved, as the photos are showing opposing sides.
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No, that's two different ones. The second is two frame lines down on the slide from the first. If you'll note in my post I said I'd found another one.jimur wrote:Something moved, as the photos are showing opposing sides.
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This is an egg, and you can see the beginnings of segments inside, which are characteristic of arthropods like insects. I don't have the expertise to say exactly which kind, but for instance you can find pictures of midge eggs (though usually in masses) that look much like this, complete with the otherwise-flatworm-like eyespots.
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Okay, good enough for meactinophrys wrote:This is an egg, and you can see the beginnings of segments inside, which are characteristic of arthropods like insects. I don't have the expertise to say exactly which kind, but for instance you can find pictures of midge eggs (though usually in masses) that look much like this, complete with the otherwise-flatworm-like eyespots.
It's an egg... of something, we don't know what, but it's an egg.
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It could be a flatworm; however, it is no flatworm of mammals. If it is, it is one not mentioned in any modern textbooks.