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Unknown shell

#1 Post by WWWW » Fri Sep 16, 2022 6:43 am

Hello,

I found this object in a drop of water, don't know what it is.
A shell from some sort of flagellate ?

Maybe someone knows what it is ?

Grz
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Re: Unknown shell

#2 Post by Bruce Taylor » Fri Sep 16, 2022 11:29 am

That's the cyst of a suctorian ciliate (likely a podophryid, e.g. Podophrya).
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Re: Unknown shell

#3 Post by WWWW » Fri Sep 16, 2022 12:07 pm

Bruce,

Thank you very much !

I knew it was a clever step to join this forum :)

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