Cilliates

[frank_prince_iles]

Has anybody any idea what these three ciliates are. They are freshwater and fairly small (<100 um)

Cilliate 01a.jpg (75.89 KiB) Viewed 876 times

Cilliate 01b.jpg (148.67 KiB) Viewed 876 times

Cilliate 02.jpg (57.82 KiB) Viewed 876 times

Cilliate 03.jpg (62.5 KiB) Viewed 876 times

Thanks for any help

[Bruce Taylor]

The first one is a sessile peritrich in its migratory telotroch phase.

The second is a dorsal view of a hypotrich. Identification below subclass would require a clear view of the cirri on the ventral surface.

The last one is also seen from the dorsal aspect (at a slight angle, which makes it difficult to know the cell's shape). It appears to have cirri (compound cilia), so is probably in class Spirotrichea, but I can't say more.

[frank_prince_iles]

Thanks for that. Very helpful.