ID help - pod like structures

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krispenhartung · #1 Post by **krispenhartung** » Mon May 30, 2022 5:23 pm

Any idea what this might be? I’ve seen them multiple times in my pond water samples. Magnification 400-800x.

https://adobe.ly/3a1T82R

Panthera C2 Trinocular
iPhone XR and LabCam Ultra (20x)
Oblique lighting (Scotch tape method) with Dark Field disk stopper offset as waxing crescent)

Thank you

MikeBradley · #2 Post by **MikeBradley** » Mon May 30, 2022 9:45 pm

They are Statoblasts! This is part of the life cycle of bryozoans, they are composed of a mass of cells from a colony. Bryozoans have a very interesting life cycle.
Nice image by the way.

Michael

krispenhartung · #3 Post by **krispenhartung** » Tue May 31, 2022 12:11 am

Awesome! Mystery solved. Thank you so much.

MikeBradley wrote: ↑
Mon May 30, 2022 9:45 pm
They are Statoblasts! This is part of the life cycle of bryozoans, they are composed of a mass of cells from a colony. Bryozoans have a very interesting life cycle.
Nice image by the way.

Michael

Greg Howald · #4 Post by **Greg Howald** » Wed Jun 01, 2022 2:02 pm

Wow! I gotta play catch up. You guys are getting way out in front of me with your photography. Great job!

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