If you misbehave, the Loch Ness monster will chew you up and spit you out

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If you misbehave, the Loch Ness monster will chew you up and spit you out

#1 Post by smollerthings » Fri Sep 17, 2021 7:43 pm

I think this guy is a flatworm, maybe a Stenostomum?
http://microlife.parvarium.com/Animalia ... tenostomum


4x objective lens

I saw this 2 days ago on the same slide, is it the juvenile form of the monster above?


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#2 Post by josmann » Tue Sep 21, 2021 8:31 am

I found one of these the other day in some creek debris! Watched it snap up a ciliate and followed it around at 1000X for a while. I was lucky enough to see it suddenly spit up all the digested matter it was hauling around. I guess they don't come equipped with an anus? The front bit looks so much like a big nose with the two depressions on either side - I wonder if they're some sort of sensory organs. Maybe it is a nose!

I think your ID is correct.
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#3 Post by Greg Howald » Tue Sep 21, 2021 10:35 am

You may be right about the anus thing. The juvenile kinda looks like it is trying to regurgitate. 😆
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Re: If you misbehave, the Loch Ness monster will chew you up and spit you out

#4 Post by smollerthings » Tue Sep 21, 2021 11:58 am

https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio ... azon_Basin

Such complicated creatures. Some species have an anus, some don't... :shock:

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