Daphnia - Scapholeberis mucronata

Litonotus · Post by **Litonotus** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 3:48 am

I have finally found a place when I can get many of them (:

all taken with PZO Plan 20x objective and the universal filter.

Scapholeberis mucronata

the second is a 12 image stack

arturoag75 · Post by **arturoag75** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 6:47 am

hi,
last one is stunning....incredible DIC like effect|

arturo

Litonotus · Post by **Litonotus** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 12:02 pm

thanks (:

I can hardly wait the day when I compare my universal filter to the real DIC... but in the meantime Scapholeberis mucronata in polarised light.

Clado · Post by **Clado** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 12:21 pm

Hello Litonotus,

The second picture is from Scapholeberis mucronata as well, the horn is not always present (cornuta form).
The third picture is my favorit, scapholeberis prefers to live on the boundery of the water and the air gathering food from the watersurface.

Kind regards
Clado

Litonotus · Post by **Litonotus** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 12:40 pm

thank you for this description (: I noticed that they are swimming just under the water surface.

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 4:42 am

Very nice!

I have a few water flea pictures with DIC, maybe I will post them so you can compare your UGF with DIC.

Rogelio