green Vorticella (ID ?)

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Sun Sep 15, 2013 7:46 am

Sumguy01 · Post by **Sumguy01** » Sun Sep 15, 2013 7:51 am

Great pics .
Amazing detail .
Thanks for sharing .

fpelectronica · Post by **fpelectronica** » Sun Sep 15, 2013 8:26 am

very nice
I think it could be V. chlorostigma
Francisco

Fredlab · Post by **Fredlab** » Sun Sep 15, 2013 8:53 am

wow...

The first one and the last are over the top.
Great shots.

Cactusdave · Post by **Cactusdave** » Sun Sep 15, 2013 11:33 am

Stunning, no other word.

Marek Mis · Post by **Marek Mis** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 3:15 am

Great quality !

Marek

arturoag75 · Post by **arturoag75** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:07 am

Excellent........

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 6:58 am

Thank you all

Olympusman · Post by **Olympusman** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:20 am

Very nice.

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:57 am

Beautiful set, last one shows amazing details!

Rogelio

Bruce Taylor · Post by **Bruce Taylor** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 8:26 am

Gorgeous images!

This is not Vorticella, but Pseudovorticella. This genus has a reticulate silverline system (as beautifully shown in your last image), whereas Vorticella has simple horizontal striations.

Many species of Pseudovorticella carry symbiotic algae, so identifying to species level would require measurements and clearer views of organelles.

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 7:35 am

Thanks, the identity is not known Cladocera

Martin Kreutz · Post by **Martin Kreutz** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 9:53 am

Hi Jacek,

Bruce is right. This is Psudovorticella because of the pattern of pellicular tubercles. On your last picture at hight magnification of the surface ornamentation you can see an "empty" row, what is typical for Psudovorticella fasciculuata.

Martin

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 11:01 am

thank you

Ecki · Post by **Ecki** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 4:00 am

Very nice find and excellent images. I like the details on the last image!