Actinophrys ingesting gastrotrich

jc maccagno · Post by **jc maccagno** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 5:00 pm

pond water Kamloops BC right place ,

right time
Meijii MX 40X objective camera PaxCAm ARC. Entire sequence about 15 minutes

BJ · Post by BJ » Tue Jan 04, 2011 7:25 am

Excellent series - thank you for sharing,

Brian

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:00 am

Very nice sequence. Are the green spots part of him, or more good luck fishing?

jc maccagno · Post by **jc maccagno** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 2:06 pm

I suspect good fishing! lika a euglenoid??

John

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 2:34 pm

I meant the round ones. I was wondering, as I have seen some of these in my samples here, but never any green dots inside, it's just that these seemed to resist digestion over the 15 minutes it took the other one.

Ferry · Post by **Ferry** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:36 pm

Hi JC,

The Heliozoon is most likely Actinosphaerium nucleofilum, no Actinophrys.

Ferry

jc maccagno · Post by **jc maccagno** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:45 pm

Thank you for your reply. I am new to this game so my ID's are not all accurate

John

Ferry · Post by **Ferry** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:52 pm

Actually, only a very few specialists on this planet can give you the correct ID.