a femal polychaeta

Franz Neidl · Post by **Franz Neidl** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 10:56 am

I found this femal bristle worm (polychaeta) in the nocturnal plankton. It was 6 mm long (too long for my objectives!) and had many eggs in its body.

first picture: Obj. 4x, brightfield, projection eyepiece 2,5x
second picture: Obj. 10x, DIC; P.e. 2,5
third picture: Obj. 10x, DIC; p.e. 2,5x
fourth picture: Obj. 20x, DIC; p.e. 2,5x
fifth picture: Obj. 20x,DIC, p.e. 2,5x

Franz

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Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 5:28 pm

Franz,

Excellent series of images!

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 2:47 am

Excellent detail and quite a worm. It even has a couple of broken off bristles.

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 4:29 am

Franz,

Very nice details.

Rogelio

arturoag75 · Post by **arturoag75** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 1:13 am

Franz,
i like your pics very much..

best
arturo