Thuricola folliculata

bernhardinho · Post by **bernhardinho** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:13 pm

Hi folks

my first encounter with this nice ciliate:

brightfield, flash, Coolpix 990

Cheers Bernhard

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:31 pm

Wonderful pictures Bernhard. Interesting little creature

Is that the lorica just barely showing around the animal, and is that two animals in the same lorica?

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:45 pm

It does seem to be a pair

I am not too familar with these things, they look like little stentors with algae in them. Just the same a very beautiful set of images Bernhard

bernhardinho · Post by **bernhardinho** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 3:21 pm

Thanks, chaps.

Doug: you've hit it perfectly!!

Ken: a little less perfect; please take a pic

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http://images.google.com/images?q=thuri ... a=N&tab=wi

Bernhard

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 12:24 pm

Bernhard. I always enjoy little critters that build a lorica or a test. It always seems like something you would not expect from such a "simple" creature.
I have not seen a Thuricola species carrying symbiotic chlorellae before. Thanks!

bernhardinho · Post by **bernhardinho** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:11 pm

Charles Krebs wrote: I have not seen a Thuricola species carrying symbiotic chlorellae before. Thanks!

Hi Charles,

really??? It's rather exceptional to find them without zoochlorellae. Ralf has just shown an unusual example in the german forum : http://www.mikroskopie-forum.de/read.ph ... #msg-28957

Bernhard