Ciliate ID

bromodomain · Post by **bromodomain** » Sat Sep 21, 2013 1:14 am

Brightfield, 40x10

I found it in an eutrophic pond. Its seems to be squashed under the coverslip which reveals its neat anatomy.

Bruce Taylor · Post by **Bruce Taylor** » Sat Sep 21, 2013 5:53 am

It's a chlamydodontid of some kind (probably a chilodonellid, e.g. Chilodonella, Trithigmostoma, Pseudochilodonopsis). To identify it with confidence to genus level, you need to have a good view of the ventral ciliation.

bromodomain · Post by **bromodomain** » Tue Sep 24, 2013 1:45 pm

Thanks, it seems to fit the description well