Marine ciliate

fpelectronica · Post by **fpelectronica** » Sat Feb 27, 2016 4:33 am

Strombidium ciliate
https://youtu.be/A89YeLTZzi8

Francisco

Protos · Post by **Protos** » Sat Feb 27, 2016 5:26 am

I like the last video shoot the symetry is very nice

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Sat Feb 27, 2016 11:47 am

Very nice

René · Post by **René** » Sun Feb 28, 2016 4:38 am

Hi Francisco,
Nice video. I always find it hard to see enough of the ciliar structure to be sure in identification of these kind of critters. Have you considered Strobilidium?

Best wishes, Rene

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:21 am

Nice video of a non-photogenic organism

fpelectronica · Post by **fpelectronica** » Mon Feb 29, 2016 5:39 am

Thanks for the comments
René, I thought Strombidium because, I think, it has more Strobilidium cilia
http://homepages.eawag.ch/~steiner/Zoo/ ... idium.html

Francisco

Bruce Taylor · Post by **Bruce Taylor** » Mon Feb 29, 2016 11:15 am

Pretty creature.

I don't think it's either Strombidium or Strobilidium. I suspect it is a mesodiniid (Mesodinium, Askenasia etc.)

René · Post by **René** » Mon Feb 29, 2016 3:33 pm

fpelectronica wrote: http://homepages.eawag.ch/~steiner/Zoo/ ... idium.html

Francisco

If that would have been a marine species, I would put it down as a Leegaardiella. Tricky.

Bruce's suggestion might be richt, certainly from the side it bears some resemblance with Askenasia, but it is far from clear.

Tricky group

Good luck, Rene

Bruce Taylor · Post by **Bruce Taylor** » Tue Mar 01, 2016 5:48 am

René wrote: but it is far from clear.

Agreed. It may well be an oligotrich.

fpelectronica · Post by **fpelectronica** » Fri Mar 04, 2016 11:32 am

Thanks for the comments and information