FOUND IN ACQUARIUM WATER

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Ange20
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FOUND IN ACQUARIUM WATER

#1 Post by Ange20 » Fri Mar 29, 2024 12:06 pm

hello guys, I have found this in a sample of a acquarium water, but I don't know what is this creature :cry: :cry: ... Can you guys help me??? :?: :?:
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Re: FOUND IN ACQUARIUM WATER

#2 Post by NachoBen » Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:18 pm

It is certainly a Peritrich Ciliate in its loriga, perhaps Cothurnia annulata.
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Re: FOUND IN ACQUARIUM WATER

#3 Post by Ange20 » Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:55 pm

NachoBen wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:18 pm
 It is certainly a Peritrich Ciliate in its loriga, perhaps Cothurnia annulata.
Thank you so much!!! :D
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Re: FOUND IN ACQUARIUM WATER

#4 Post by Bruce Taylor » Sun Mar 31, 2024 12:41 pm

The most we can say is that it's in the family Vaginicolidae. We don't see the whole lorica, so identification to genus is impossible.
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