Rotifers with parasites?

jc maccagno · Post by **jc maccagno** » Fri Oct 25, 2019 6:46 pm

Freshwater pond 400x

gpmatthews · Post by **gpmatthews** » Sat Oct 26, 2019 8:43 am

Unfortunately the head is not that clear, but the internal pellets suggest Habrotrocha rather than parasitism

actinophrys · Post by **actinophrys** » Sun Oct 27, 2019 10:16 am

This isn't Habrotrocha or any other bdelloid, though, this is a ploimid with a short foot and two toes. The head is shown well enough to see the ciliated field and mastax, which look like for instance Cephalodella. What little I've found on infected rotifers seems reasonably similar; compare the pictures of chytrids in Meirinho et al. (pdf), though there you can see tubes to outside the body, or oomycetes in this old thread.

jc maccagno · Post by **jc maccagno** » Mon Oct 28, 2019 10:02 pm

Many thanks to both of you for your interesting comments and information

John

Rotifers with parasites?

Rotifers with parasites?

rotifer with parasites