Rotifer Monostyla

hkv · Post by **hkv** » Mon May 22, 2017 1:15 pm

I found this Rotifer Monostyla that was swimming and rotating as he was cruising the slide. Very elegant swimming technique.
I added a drop of Glutaraldehyde to stop the movement and managed to get a few stacks. The size of the animalcule is 150µm from tip of the tail to the front horns.

60X water immersion, DIC and 1.25X on the magnification changer:

60X water immersion, Fluorescent light (around 400 nm). Slightly cropped:

Saul · Post by **Saul** » Mon May 22, 2017 1:44 pm

Very impressive

zzffnn · Post by **zzffnn** » Mon May 22, 2017 4:38 pm

Very beautiful images!! Thank you for sharing.

Marek Mis · Post by **Marek Mis** » Tue May 23, 2017 4:54 am

Very nice, especially the second one !

Marek

hkv · Post by **hkv** » Tue May 23, 2017 12:21 pm

Thank you all!

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Wed May 24, 2017 6:38 pm

Excellent

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Mon May 29, 2017 2:45 am

Very nice