Conical shaped ciliate

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Mandintine
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Conical shaped ciliate

#1 Post by Mandintine » Sat Mar 18, 2023 7:30 pm

Is All my research thus far u haven't found anything that even resembles this ciliate. I have spent probably 3 or 4 hours looking through resources and am stumped. Hopefully yall can point me in the right direction.

https://youtu.be/3ZrKutFepSU

Bruce Taylor
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Re: Conical shaped ciliate

#2 Post by Bruce Taylor » Sat Mar 18, 2023 8:49 pm

This appears to be a sick or damaged cell, moving in an abnormal way. It's not unusual to find pieces of damaged ciliates still swimming around, and even trying to feed. Your best hope of identifying it is to look at other (healthy) organisms in the same water.

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Re: Conical shaped ciliate

#3 Post by Mandintine » Sun Mar 19, 2023 12:07 pm

That possibility never even crossed my mind. Thanks bruce

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