Please ID

pwnell · Post by **pwnell** » Mon Feb 11, 2013 6:18 pm

Found this spiral object moving forward, with a a corkscrew like motion by rotating along its long axis. Found it on a Hydrozoan between some diatoms (reef aquarium).

40x, DIC

arturoag75 · Post by **arturoag75** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 3:27 am

Hi,
probably it's a Spirulina alga!
i done a video sometime ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcxzFME_3AY
arturo

rekuwi · Post by **rekuwi** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 8:39 am

Hi,

Spirulina Alga looks very different, probably it is a Bacteria Spirillum sp.

Best regards
Regi