huge rotifer

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fonakta
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huge rotifer

Post by fonakta »

Hi all, i found this rotifer. Full lenght is 2mm, i think it is too big for Ptygura.
It is sessile but also can swim slowly. Not lived in colony.
Correct ID is welcome.

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Franz Neidl
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Post by Franz Neidl »

Hello fonakta !

nice picture!. It's not a rotifer, but a ciliate: Stentor sp.


Franz

fonakta
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Post by fonakta »

Thank you very much!
Huge protozoa, huge mistake :)
Franz Neidl wrote:Hello fonakta !

nice picture!. It's not a rotifer, but a ciliate: Stentor sp.


Franz

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