Amphileptus?

Tardigrade37 · Post by **Tardigrade37** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 12:02 pm

Found this big guy in a marine sample (possibly brackish). It was very fast and a challenge to document. When fully extended, it is around 180um long. Any thoughts as to an ID? EDIT: I think this may be Amphileptus because of the large number of peritrichs also found in this sample.

63x/1.2 W C-apo DIC; no flash.

Tardigrade37 · Post by **Tardigrade37** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 5:13 pm

Here's a few additional images of this guy. Taken with a 40x/1.3 EC Plan-Neofluar Ph3 lens.

Phase Contrast

vasselle · Post by **vasselle** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 10:49 am

Bonjour.
En tout cas ça lui ressemble fortement.
Les photos sont superbe.
Cordialement seb

Bruce Taylor · Post by **Bruce Taylor** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 5:48 pm

Great images!

The view of the trichocysts is particularly good.

The ciliation suggests Litonotus, rather than Amphileptus.

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 6:20 am

Excellent images