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sinabro
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Beautiful Ciliate.

#1 Post by sinabro » Sun May 16, 2021 11:03 am

20x objective + dic
Thanks.


Bruce Taylor
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Re: Beautiful Ciliate.

#2 Post by Bruce Taylor » Sun May 16, 2021 12:34 pm

Yes, beautiful! :) Of course, all ciliates are beautiful. ;)

This one is probably Ophryoglena (ovoid cell, two contractile vacuoles on one side, constant rotation). I couldn't find the mouth, though, so I can't confirm it.

sinabro
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Re: Beautiful Ciliate.

#3 Post by sinabro » Sun May 16, 2021 1:07 pm

Bruce Taylor wrote:
Sun May 16, 2021 12:34 pm
Yes, beautiful! :) Of course, all ciliates are beautiful. ;)

This one is probably Ophryoglena (ovoid cell, two contractile vacuoles on one side, constant rotation). I couldn't find the mouth, though, so I can't confirm it.
Thank you so much Bruce.

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Re: Beautiful Ciliate.

#4 Post by Javier » Sun May 16, 2021 1:22 pm

Agreed. Beautiful and peaceful. Thanks for sharing!

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Re: Beautiful Ciliate.

#5 Post by 75RR » Sun May 16, 2021 6:08 pm

Pretty ciliate ;) and great depth of field!
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