Is this Trachelophyllum
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Is this Trachelophyllum
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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Re: Is this Trachelophyllum
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
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
I think this might be climacosphenia.