Oblique lighting...
Oblique lighting...
Two orbiting objects...
Two orbiting objects...
Some kind of structure inside that was not always visible...
I Think A Rotifer
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I Think A Rotifer
Just guessing. I did find something that looked similar, but not exact. This guy didn't really move, and the top didn't seem to have cilia movement. It did have two small balls inside that seemed to orbit the [nucleus]? Seen here #3 and #4.
Oblique lighting...
Oblique lighting...
Two orbiting objects...
Two orbiting objects...
Some kind of structure inside that was not always visible...
Oblique lighting...
Oblique lighting...
Two orbiting objects...
Two orbiting objects...
Some kind of structure inside that was not always visible...
Last edited by Mitch640 on Wed Oct 20, 2010 5:01 pm, edited 1 time in total.
My guess would be a Rotifer.
Perhaps Asplanchna sp.
No idea what the bits inside are
Perhaps Asplanchna sp.
No idea what the bits inside are
NU.
student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives
student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives
Thanks for the ID Michel. It looked dead when I first saw it, sort of crumpled, but then I saw those two things moving inside and had to wonder.
Ah, I just Googled this rotifer. It is spelled Lecane rotifer. From the images of live ones, the last shot above shows the foot and toes, flipped up along the side. Obviously along the bottom side, since I only saw them when I focussed deep. The two moving "balls" must be other small animals caught inside the shell.
Ah, I just Googled this rotifer. It is spelled Lecane rotifer. From the images of live ones, the last shot above shows the foot and toes, flipped up along the side. Obviously along the bottom side, since I only saw them when I focussed deep. The two moving "balls" must be other small animals caught inside the shell.