I ventured out to get some totally new samples today, I found a really good bunch of things in my first drop from a local duckpond.
guesses
1) Euglenoid
2)tardigrade
3)some kind of ciliate
4) I honestly have no clue, looks like an anenome
Mysteries from the duckpond
Re: Mysteries from the duckpond
1. A ciliate called Spirostomum
2. Tardigrade
3. Don't know
4. A ciliate from the Chilodonellidae family
5. Don't know
2. Tardigrade
3. Don't know
4. A ciliate from the Chilodonellidae family
5. Don't know
Leitz SM-Lux
Re: Mysteries from the duckpond
There was only 4 things
That's so wild that the worm like creature is unicellular, there were a few approaching half a mm in length.
And I finally found my first tardigrade.
I'll make a longer video of the last one, really cool looking things and they can move quite fast
Re: Mysteries from the duckpond
No sorry I have had another look at the tardigrade and it's not I think it's a rotifer it has a dorsal antenna the problem is for some reason I cannot enlarge the video so it's pretty small on my monitor.
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Re: Mysteries from the duckpond
Yup, a rotifer. It's Taphrocampa, I believe...kind of an animated concertina. The last thing is Synura.
Re: Mysteries from the duckpond
Still searching for the elusive tardigrade then. Thanks gentlemenBruce Taylor wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 12:18 pmYup, a rotifer. It's Taphrocampa, I believe...kind of an animated concertina. The last thing is Synura.