peranemopsis granulifera?

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 10:20 pm

The video quality is poor
but i want to know if you know this protozoa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spUxvSRfTDE

The most similar I've found is peranemopsis granulifera
Freshwater the body of an 30um long

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 5:23 am

Looks like some kind of flagellate, but I don't know the ID. Never seen anything quite like it.

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 7:42 am

Thanks Mitch
His "flagellum" is very wide
Hardly seems a flagellum
Most similar I've found is
http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/pdb/images ... sp_1c.html
but does not fit fully

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 7:46 am

covered with minute sand-grains or various debris

Well, that's interesting, he uses camouflage.

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 7:53 am

Mitch640 wrote:
covered with minute sand-grains or various debris
Well, that's interesting, he uses camouflage.

Do you think definitely try peranemopsis granulifera?
It would be more probable, no?

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:40 am

Carlos, I am the worst identifier there is. Something can look like one thing to me, but I never catch the small things that make it a positive ID.

Bruce Taylor · Post by **Bruce Taylor** » Sun Mar 25, 2012 11:49 am

Fascinating creature, Carlos. I've never encountered it -- or even heard of it, until today.

I agree that your organism appears to be very similar to the one on the Protist Information Server database (an excellent site). I can't offer any other information, because Peranemopsis doesn't appear in my other sources.

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:55 am

Carlos,

Interesting specimen! I have never seen it.

Rogelio

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 6:36 am

Thanks Bruce, Rogelio.
I searched in two books of protozoology, but have not found any reference