Keratella serrulata

gpmatthews · Post by **gpmatthews** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 3:52 pm

Back in 2006 some images were posted of this rotifer by Charlie and Bernhard - see http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... 19af318ab2

Here are a couple of specimens I found at Monkmead Woods, West Chiltington, Sussex, UK last Sunday

Both images:

Microscope: Leitz Diavert
Ocular: Zeiss KPL-W 10/18
Objective: Leica 20/0.3 E FL
Sample from Monkmead Woods scrape May 2012

The first image is a stack of 2 images of a live specimen, the second of 3 images in Zerene

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:18 am

I have only seen images of this rotifer. How did he move around? Or was he stationary?

gpmatthews · Post by **gpmatthews** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 12:35 pm

They swim using the cilia you can see at the front end of the live specimen in the first image. This one was just hovering around, hence I was able to get a couple of shots that stacked OK.

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 12:47 pm

And very nice images too. I hope to see one sometime.