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Posted: **Wed Jul 06, 2022 8:51 pm**

I came across the remnants of a pellicle of the flagellate Lepocinclis spirogyroides (aka Euglena spirogyra). This photo shows the knobby appearance of the pellicle in this flagellate. A lot easier to photograph than the live, normally writhing and moving organism!

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Canon 1300D with Amscope adapter, 40x Neofluar, 1.25x optovar, DIC with flash

Posted: **Wed Jul 06, 2022 10:05 pm**

Beautiful image.

Posted: **Wed Jul 06, 2022 11:04 pm**

Thank you, Don

Posted: **Sat Jul 09, 2022 4:44 pm**

Very nice! The pellicular ornaments (papillae) appear to be roughly pyramidal, so this could be Lepocinclis fusca.

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