Is this Trachelophyllum

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kmeadvhplankton
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Is this Trachelophyllum

#1 Post by kmeadvhplankton » Mon Jan 10, 2022 5:14 pm

This critter was in a water sample from Georgetown, Maine in summer of 2021. I am having a hard time identifying it. It appears to have cilia on the outside edges. This was cropped from a photo I took with Swift eyepiece camera on a Swift microscope. Anyone recognize th
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Bruce Taylor
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Re: Is this Trachelophyllum

#2 Post by Bruce Taylor » Wed Jan 12, 2022 6:43 pm

It is not Trachelophyllum, and, despite its rather hairy appearance, it is not a ciliate. :) It appears to be a rigid alga of some kind. Are there clavate diatoms? Photosynthetic critters are outside my wheelhouse. ;)

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Re: Is this Trachelophyllum

#3 Post by kmeadvhplankton » Sat Jan 15, 2022 12:59 am

Thanks for the ideas. It sure looks hairy. I can't find anything like it in all my books or online references for marine plankton.

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Re: Is this Trachelophyllum

#4 Post by kmeadvhplankton » Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:00 am

I think this might be climacosphenia.

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