Huge vacuole inside

Baley · Post by **Baley** » Sun Mar 03, 2013 8:03 pm

I don't know what it is;but I thought it was interesting because of the huge vacuole (or whatever that circular thing is).
Ortholux Leitz APO 40x Periplan 10x imaged to Canon 5DII sensor.

Ecki · Post by **Ecki** » Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:20 am

This could be Lecythium spinosum. It has a pretty large nucleus. Can you supply a scale bar?

http://www.wunderkanone.de/Amoebas/Misc ... -full.html

regards
Ecki

Baley · Post by **Baley** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 6:20 am

I haven't figured out how to do a scale bar yet. this is an uncropped full frame (35mm) image, although there is cropping from what the eyepiece sees.

Baley · Post by **Baley** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 6:30 am

Thanks for the possible ID. I haven't figured out how to do a scale bar yet. this is an uncropped full frame (35mm) image, although there is cropping from what the eyepiece sees.

Ferry · Post by **Ferry** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:58 pm

It's a ciliate. Look at the hairy mouth.

Bruce Taylor · Post by **Bruce Taylor** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 6:05 pm

The big round thing does look like a vacuole, to me. I suspect the large size is a deformity, not a normal trait. I wish I could help with ID..I'm puzzled by the long setae. The overall appearance makes me think it might be Scuticociliate of some kind, but the mouth area (if that is, indeed, the mouth!) has more of a Haptorian look...

Baley · Post by **Baley** » Tue Mar 05, 2013 6:16 pm

Ferry wrote:It's a ciliate. Look at the hairy mouth.

Thanks Ferry. I have no idea which end is the mouth.

Bruce Taylor wrote:The big round thing does look like a vacuole, to me. I suspect the large size is a deformity, not a normal trait. I wish I could help with ID..I'm puzzled by the long setae. The overall appearance makes me think it might be Scuticociliate of some kind, but the mouth area (if that is, indeed, the mouth!) has more of a Haptorian look...

Thanks for your observations. I'm glad to hear it looks strange to someone besides myself.

Ferry · Post by **Ferry** » Wed Mar 06, 2013 12:45 am

The arrow points to the "mouth"

Baley · Post by **Baley** » Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:30 am

Thanks Ferry. My inexperienced eye can't see any landmarks that would point to a mouth unless it is the smaller end. Both ends look hairy to me.

Ferry · Post by **Ferry** » Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:14 am

Once I was inexperienced too...

But then there was no Internet, I was sitting on an island... Now you can learn much faster, with all those images across the Internet and response in the forum.