Euglenoid and cilliate

Pau · Post by **Pau** » Tue Dec 19, 2017 3:25 am

Again from 2015, 50X/1.00 oil, DIC

Clues for identification welcome

Sumguy01 · Post by **Sumguy01** » Tue Dec 19, 2017 9:39 pm

Nice photo.
Great detail.
Thanks for sharing

nanometer · Post by **nanometer** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:34 pm

stunning image!

zzffnn · Post by **zzffnn** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 10:19 pm

Very nice, Pau! Thank you for sharing.

I think carlos.uruguay made a video of that ciliate before. Bruce Taylor can surely ID it, if you contact him.

hkv · Post by **hkv** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 2:31 pm

Very nice!

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 3:16 pm

Nice!!!!!
Chilodonella genre

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 3:27 pm

Sort of a festive shot, seeing as how it is the season for reds and greens. Those eyespots are always intriguing.

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Thu Dec 21, 2017 11:44 pm

Super

Bruce Taylor · Post by **Bruce Taylor** » Sat Dec 23, 2017 5:54 pm

Very nice image!

The ciliates are a chilodonellid with a big bare patch on the ventral surface, either Pseudochilodonopsis or Chilodonella. I think you'd want a closer view of the suture kinety/kineties (the horizontal line/lines of cilia just anterior of the "mouth") to rule out one genus or the other.

Pau · Post by **Pau** » Sun Dec 24, 2017 7:44 am

Thanks all for your kind comments

Bruce, thanks so much for the ciliate identification