Ciliate (Id please)

sebba28 · Post by **sebba28** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 6:47 am

400x,DIC

_Michal_ · Post by **_Michal_** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 9:53 am

I don't know what's that, but it is really nice

fpelectronica · Post by **fpelectronica** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 10:41 am

Very good shots
Ciliate long-haired

Francisco

Protos · Post by **Protos** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 8:45 am

Looks like one of this anaerobic ciliate.
Saprodinium ? Pelodinium ? Epalxella ?
where did you find it ?
very nice btw !

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Thu Apr 17, 2014 11:27 am

Hello.
Nice photos
You must provide more data. Fresh or salt water? size?
Regards

sebba28 · Post by **sebba28** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 3:33 am

Thank you.
It was collected from a fresh water pond.
I am not able to give exact dimensions,I used 40x objective.

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 7:21 pm

Without any security
Linostoma vorticella (Condylostoma vorticella):
http://www.plingfactory.de/Science/Atla ... cella.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQzWArRvlQg
Regards
carlos

Bruce Taylor · Post by **Bruce Taylor** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 9:34 am

Hi Carlos.

Linostoma vorticella is a heterotrich ciliate (in a group with Stentor, Climacostomum, etc). The species used to be placed in Condylostoma, until revised by Jankowski, 1978.

Sebba's image is clearly a Spirotrich of some sort. I do not know enough to say any more.

The video posted by our friend Michel-Marie is certainly not Linostoma, but an Oligotrich (probably Strombidium, or similar).

I'm afraid this is what happens when organisms are casually misidentified and posted to the net. Other people then use them to misidentify their own critters, and things get quite tangled up.

I've done it myself, but I'm trying to mend my ways.

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 10:01 am

Thank you Bruce for your always-wise words
Regards
carlos

piermicro · Post by **piermicro** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 10:00 am

Very nice. thank you.

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