an other tintinnid ciliate

Franz Neidl · Post by **Franz Neidl** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 2:01 pm

This is an other living tintinnid ciliate from the marine plancton. The lorica ("house") was 137 µm long.
I dont know the species.

Franz

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 4:54 pm

A most beautiful little creature, lovely details.

Jan Kros · Post by **Jan Kros** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 2:39 am

Hello Franz,
Very nice pictures of this tintinnid.
I think it is Codonellopsis cf lusitanica
What kind of objectiv did you use, oil immersion and Dic
I like to hear more about your techniques.
Greetings from the Netherlands
Jan Kros

Franz Neidl · Post by **Franz Neidl** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 5:50 am

Hallo Jan,
thank you very much for your answer.
For this pictures I used a Nikon 20x and a Nikon 40x Planapo objective with DIC. The ciliate was very fast moving - therefore I used my flash (which is modified) in a so called double-collector (from Stahlschmidt). The camera is a Pentax K20D.

Franz

lauriek · Post by **lauriek** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 7:51 am

Nice shots Franz, this reminds me of the old 'Flash Gordon' rocketships, I can imagine sparks flying out of the back of it as it whizzes along!

Jan Kros · Post by **Jan Kros** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:18 am

Hello Franz,

Thank you for your explonation.
Greetings
Jan