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Hypotrich and cyst
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:26 pm
by NachoBen
Here is a freshwater (from a lithotelma) Hypotrich Ciliate going round and round inside its cyst and finally escaping from it. This is my first time with such a critter. I had no idea about cysts in Hypotrichia.
Any idea about ID? Thank you!
Re: Hypotrich and cyst
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2024 10:07 pm
by Bruce Taylor
Nice! It can take a while for freshly excysted ciliates to assume their mature vegetative shape, so identification is difficult. This appears to be a stylonychine (in the family Oxytrichidae), and likely
Stylonychia itself. For comparison, a video I recorded a long time ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kon-aP2DSyg&t=128s
Re: Hypotrich and cyst
Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2024 4:25 pm
by NachoBen
Glad you liked it, Bruce! Your video is quite illustrative. Yours and mine, both critters seem to be the same so I stick to Stylonychia sp. I assume it is a resting cyst, not a reproductive one.
Do you happen to have some information about Hypotrichia and their cysts?
Thank you very much!
Re: Hypotrich and cyst
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2024 1:39 am
by Bruce Taylor
Re: Hypotrich and cyst
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2024 6:52 pm
by NachoBen
This is great, thank you for so much information!
I do not have any institutional access to commercial scientific journals, but I will try to access through the "back door" of free versions (ResearchGate, etc).