Big fat phacus

Olympusman · Post by **Olympusman** » Thu Aug 28, 2014 6:54 am

This is one of the largest Phaci I have ever found (Yes, he said "phaci" -- why let three years of high school Latin go to waste? I mean, really, Caesars The Gallic Wars? Why not have a really good time a red Beowolf?)

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Thu Aug 28, 2014 11:10 pm

Phacus is not, it is Euglena sp.
Nice photo

Bruce Taylor · Post by **Bruce Taylor** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 5:08 am

Jacek wrote:Phacus is not, it is Euglena sp.
Nice photo

With those elongated link-shaped paramylon bodies, it is more likely to be a species of Lepocinclis (e.g. a compressed specimen of L. oxyuris)

Olympusman · Post by **Olympusman** » Sun Aug 31, 2014 6:12 am

Bruce,I don't think it is an oxyuris. When I use Cupric acetate, glutaraldehyde or Penn Fix to immobilize pond organisms, oxyuris does not compress but remains elongated and slender with its characteristic slight twist.