Flatworm (images added) - Gyratrix hermaphroditus

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 9:02 pm

I found this amazing Flatworm.

Picture 1 with 10x/0.45, all other with 20x/0.75

Rogelio

Marek Mis · Post by **Marek Mis** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:33 pm

Rogelio,

Simply beautiful !!! As always.

Marek

fpelectronica · Post by **fpelectronica** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 12:37 am

Rogelio

Francisco

curt0909 · Post by **curt0909** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:06 am

These are amazing!

arturoag75 · Post by **arturoag75** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:15 am

...... last two show stunning details

arturo

naturephoto1 · Post by **naturephoto1** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:55 am

Rogelio,

Superbly detailed photos.

Rich

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 4:45 am

oh hard to comment on your photos, you are a class for itself

Litonotus · Post by **Litonotus** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 6:57 am

every single gut is visible... I would say it technically couldn't be better but I will see that I'm wrong when you post another set

lauriek · Post by **lauriek** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 12:18 pm

What's that spear like thing in the last shot?

Fantastic work as usual Rogelio..

harisA · Post by **harisA** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 1:08 pm

very beautiful images!!!! I suspect you put the slides upside down in your inverted microscope.How easy is this?

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 4:10 pm

lauriek wrote:What's that spear like thing in the last shot?

Fantastic work as usual Rogelio..

I am not sure; but it looks like a genital spicule.

Thank you for your comments.

Rogelio

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 4:14 pm

harisA wrote:very beautiful images!!!! I suspect you put the slides upside down in your inverted microscope.How easy is this?

Instead of common slide I use 24x50 coverslip as my slide and cover it with 22x40 cobverslip. It is a very easy task because the plate where I put the 24x50 coverslip is round and has a central 40mm openning, I can rotate the 24x50 coverslip to any angle (to get the best details, specially with diatoms).

Thank you for your comments.

Rogelio

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 4:17 pm

Thank you very much all for your comments.

Here a few more pictures, all with 20x/0.75 objective:

Rogelio

Bruce Taylor · Post by **Bruce Taylor** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 5:51 pm

Astounding detail.

This looks like Gyratrix hermaphroditus, which is both male and female. The "spear" is his/her penis stylet.

Here's a brief video showing how this instrument works:

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

(I'm sure Rogelio won't mind having the link on his thread, since my low-detail images make his pictures look even better!

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RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 6:35 am

Bruce,

Thank you very much for the ID and the link to the video (it helps to expand more about the specimen).

Rogelio