Please ID

pwnell · Post by **pwnell** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 12:56 pm

20140913-DSLR_IMG_1390-Edit.jpg by pwnell, on Flickr
Pitt-Addington Marsh Wildlife Management Area sample,40x*1.25,DIC, HF A

20140913-DSLR_IMG_1680-Edit.jpg by pwnell, on Flickr
Pitt-Addington Marsh Wildlife Management Area sample,40x*1.6,DIC, HF A

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 1:18 pm

I do not know what it is, but super

Bruce Taylor · Post by **Bruce Taylor** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 2:15 pm

Choanoflagellates, our little cousins. And very pretty ones! Maybe some sort of Codosiga/Codonosiga, or Codonocladium...I'll look around a bit.

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 4:25 pm

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!

Bruce Taylor · Post by **Bruce Taylor** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 5:25 pm

OK, it seems to be the morphospecies Codosiga umbellata (sometimes known as Codonocladium umbellatum).

Litonotus · Post by **Litonotus** » Fri Apr 03, 2015 12:41 am

great find and images.

Ecki · Post by **Ecki** » Fri Apr 03, 2015 2:59 am

Great images!

pwnell · Post by **pwnell** » Fri Apr 03, 2015 9:38 am

Thanks for the ID and for looking.

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Fri Apr 03, 2015 12:00 pm

These are great!. What a fascinating looking creature.

arturoag75 · Post by **arturoag75** » Sat Apr 04, 2015 6:12 am

beautiful