ID help please!

sammi · Post by **sammi** » Tue May 17, 2011 2:20 am

Hi,

I was hoping someone could please help me with id-ing this. It is from a shallow water marine biofilm sample.

I'm guessing a stalked ciliate....but I'm probably way off.

René · Post by **René** » Tue May 17, 2011 3:20 am

Yep, that surely looks vorticelloid. Probably Zoothamnion.

Best wishes, Rene

Antonio Garrigós Sánchez · Tue May 17, 2011 4:10 am

Yes, possibly be Vorticella Zoothamnium Rene says the detail of the stems in a spiral.

sammi · Post by **sammi** » Tue May 17, 2011 4:30 am

Ah brilliant! Thank-you.

Do I dare attach more 'unknown' images....

These are all from marine biofilms and have me stumped. Any help would be wonderful.
Cheers,

René · Post by **René** » Tue May 17, 2011 11:51 am

hm, yes, who knows....

The second looks like fungalized stuff. The third could be an empty ciliate cyst.

Good luck, René