Apocarchesium sp.

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 5:45 am

Here two pictures of Apocarchesium sp, I found this very rare genus on my sample from lake Miraflores.

We can see the normal zooids, macrozooid, microzooid and contractile stalk.

Apocarchesium by Rogelio Moreno G., on Flickr

Apocarchesium by Rogelio Moreno G., on Flickr

Rogelio

billporter1456 · Post by **billporter1456** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 6:15 am

Absolutely beautiful images, Rogelio!

75RR · Post by **75RR** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 7:08 am

First time I come across these. So thank you for that and thanks for sharing these spectacular photographs.
Could you state technique please.

Bruce Taylor · Post by **Bruce Taylor** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 7:39 am

Matchless! Very interesting details on the stalk.

Rogelio, I know you contacted W. Foissner about your previous encounter with this genus. Have you learned more, since then?

Olympusman · Post by **Olympusman** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 7:50 am

Superb!

pwnell · Post by **pwnell** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 10:09 am

These are brilliant.

Litonotus · Post by **Litonotus** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 10:49 am

WOOOHAA!

piermicro · Post by **piermicro** » Sat Aug 16, 2014 9:23 am

FANTASTIC !!!

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Sat Aug 16, 2014 1:19 pm

Thank you very much for your comments!

All the pictures with Nikon TE300 microscope, plan apo 20x/0.75 objective, DIC, flash and Canon T3i mounted on the front port of the TE300.

Bruce, Foissner confirmed that the specimen is Apocarchesium genus; but to know specie I have to do DNA test.

Rogelio

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Sat Aug 16, 2014 1:28 pm

arturoag75 · Post by **arturoag75** » Sun Aug 17, 2014 2:16 am

Super shot

discomorphella · Post by **discomorphella** » Sun Aug 17, 2014 6:41 pm

That's fantastic.

David

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 5:58 am

Very nice