ID please Rotifer?

Olympusman · Post by **Olympusman** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 2:19 pm

I think it might be a rotifer because of the "foot" between the rear two spikes.

actinophrys · Post by **actinophrys** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 9:33 am

Hello Michael,
I take it this wasn't alive? Because it's missing a lot of parts for a whole rotifer, but does look a lot like just the foot of Trichotria. Those have two spines at the base, two long toes, and also a shorter spine at the end in kinds like T. pocillum, very much as you see here.

Olympusman · Post by **Olympusman** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 2:20 pm

No, it was not alive. I spotted the unusual shape on a 4X scan of the slide and had not seen anything like it before.
Thanks.

Olympusman · Post by **Olympusman** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 2:38 pm

Yep, this looks like our boy.

http://eol.org/pages/1063692/overview

Good catch.

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 2:51 pm

Very difficult to know if it is a rotifer
I believe that not

piermicro · Post by **piermicro** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 9:52 am

Very nice.

ID please Rotifer?

ID please Rotifer?

Rotifer ID

Trichotria