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Olympusman · Post by **Olympusman** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 1:39 pm

My first guess is that they might be spicules from a fresh-water sponge.

pwnell · Post by **pwnell** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 1:52 pm

They look very similar to the bristles on the rear feet of a bloodworm if these were taken with a 60x objective or higher..

Olympusman · Post by **Olympusman** » Tue Jul 08, 2014 2:24 pm

They were shot with a 20X objective.

canonian · Post by **canonian** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 1:44 am

A wild guess and I could be way off but I recognise these as being claws from a tardigrade ?:
http://www.baertierchen.de/aug2005/diphascon2.jpg
http://www.emporia.edu/dotAsset/513569c ... 7c010d.jpg

Olympusman · Post by **Olympusman** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 7:18 am

Fred,
I think you may have it. This would explain why they were grouped in a cluster. The soft tissues may have rotted away or been eaten away from the dead tardigrade.