an egg from a turbellarian?

Franz Neidl · Post by **Franz Neidl** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 2:42 pm

Today I found this in my plankton "soup". I have never seen it. Could it be an egg from a turbellarian? It was 280µm long.
Obj. 20x, DIC.

Franz

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 5:58 pm

An intriguing image Franz. Was anything inside moving at all? It looks like some kind of micro-fruit.

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:16 am

Could it be a pollen grain of some waterside plant?

Jan l'Amie · Post by **Jan l'Amie** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 8:35 am

It looks like a spore or something.

Planapo · Post by **Planapo** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:00 am

Could it be an egg from a turbellarian?

Could well be, Franz, as some "Turbellaria" do produce such stalked capsules.

--Betty

Bruce Taylor · Post by **Bruce Taylor** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:35 am

Planapo wrote:
Could it be an egg from a turbellarian?
Could well be, Franz, as some "Turbellaria" do produce such stalked capsules.

--Betty