found some nice hydras the other day. Many of them had lots of the ciliate Trichodina pediculus on them, which is quite typical. Here are some shots



Coolpix 990, flash
Bernhard
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Hi Doug,beetleman wrote:So, this creature is parasitic on the hydra? Does it bore into the host with the radial structure and suck juices?