I did some natural observation yesterday (rain water collected in my garden + biofilm growing on an edge of plastic bucket). I observed the usual suspects (rotifers, diatoms, ciliates), until I have come across this beauty. Does anyone know what it is, or what direction should my investigation go? It appears to have a central structure in the middle (body?), with four elongating protrusions. Unfortunately, I could not examine the microscopic nature of these protrusions, like ?presence of chloroplasts, as the highest magnification I could reach on this occasion was 400x. My 60x objective lens is on the way from the Middle State, and I have no lens tissue left, so I decided not to use oil immersion
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All the best,
Dom
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