Freshwater Goniomonas

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Sun Jun 08, 2014 5:06 pm

Goniomonas is a very small oval shaped flagellate
Those that we see in the video measure about 10um long.
In its front end born two flagellum almost of equal length
Close to the birth of the flagellum we note a row of eyectosomas, they have a defense function
Expelling "mucous filament" when Goniomonas feels threatened.
We have found them in fresh water among Elodea algae.
For an amateur as I, is very difficult to know if they belong to Goniomonas truncata or Goniomonas pacifica, both very similar.
Fl immersion phase contrast objective.
Analog camera Sony DXC-950
Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMB9HythZzE
Regards
carlos

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 1:56 am

nice video, very good documentation

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Tue Jun 10, 2014 11:01 am

Thanks Jacek