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macnmotion
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Can anyone identify this? Details in post

#1 Post by macnmotion » Thu Oct 06, 2022 12:42 pm

Shot in fresh water sample using 40X objective, and full frame camera crop setting set to 1.5x.

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Re: Can anyone identify this? Details in post

#2 Post by tlansing » Mon Oct 10, 2022 12:16 pm

This is a peritrich, a type of ciliate on a stalk. The stalk can be contractile or not. This could be a species of Vorticella.
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Re: Can anyone identify this? Details in post

#3 Post by macnmotion » Mon Oct 10, 2022 1:32 pm

tlansing wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 10, 2022 12:16 pm
 This is a peritrich, a type of ciliate on a stalk. The stalk can be contractile or not. This could be a species of Vorticella.
Thank you.
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