Another ID, please

billporter1456 · Post by **billporter1456** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 11:21 am

OK, anyone got a name for this?

Franz Neidl · Post by **Franz Neidl** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 1:42 pm

Hello Bill,

it is a member of the Heliozoa

Franz

billporter1456 · Post by **billporter1456** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 5:05 pm

Franz Neidl wrote:Hello Bill,

it is a member of the Heliozoa

Franz

Thanks, Franz! I thought it looked like a Heliozoan, but was larger than the ones I had seen. I'll know next time.

Ichthyophthirius · Post by **Ichthyophthirius** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 4:52 am

Hi, This looks like Actinosphaerium, which can get very large, over a millimeter in diameter. http://www.arcella.nl/actinosphaerium-eichhornii