Spoils of war, a Suctorian story☠️

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Spoils of war, a Suctorian story☠️

#1 Post by Plasmid » Fri Jan 29, 2021 1:47 am

One could make a movie with the drama of the microworld, enjoy.
*I find it funny that this is my first time encountering a Suctorian, just a few days after seeing the Journey into the microcosmos video about Suctorians, I guess they had been there all along in my water samples, I just wasn't aware of them.


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#2 Post by Bruce Taylor » Fri Jan 29, 2021 1:36 pm

That's great! :D The hypotrich raider was lucky not to end up impaled on a suctorian tentacle.

Your suctorian is a podophryid (apparently stalkless, so Sphaerophrya).

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#3 Post by 75RR » Fri Jan 29, 2021 2:03 pm

Good catch! Nice demonstration of a very efficient design (offensive/defensive) in a world without sight.
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#5 Post by Javier » Fri Jan 29, 2021 2:18 pm

Very nice catch!

Man...it's brutal out there.

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#6 Post by MickH » Fri Jan 29, 2021 2:48 pm

Part scientific presentation, part horror film. Terrific :thumbsup:
Aging novice.

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#7 Post by Plasmid » Fri Jan 29, 2021 11:52 pm

Thanks for the kind words everyone, does anyone know the genus of the vicious ciliate at 1:29?
Thank you.

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#8 Post by Bruce Taylor » Sat Jan 30, 2021 1:31 pm

The little opportunist we see at 1:29 is a histophagous (tissue-eating) ciliate, with an apical mouth, so certainly in Prostomatea. There are quite a few of these in the family Holophryidae (Holophrya, Vdacnyophrya, etc.), and you'll often see them swooping like vultures around damaged or dead organisms. Another group of histophagous prostamateans is Colepidae (Coleps etc.). Your guy actually looks somewhat like a colepid, but without the conspicuous calcified plate armour that most of them possess. There is a poorly-described genus that meets that description, Plagiopogon. They haven't been examined with modern morphological methods, and are weakly attested in fresh water, so it would be interesting if this were one of them. If you find more of them, try to linger for a close look. :)

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#9 Post by DonSchaeffer » Sat Jan 30, 2021 7:11 pm

Amazing pictures of a dramatic vinette. This is worthy of National Geographic.

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#10 Post by DonSchaeffer » Mon Jul 04, 2022 4:14 pm

Wow! Great work.

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