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A species of bdelloidea found in the biofilm on the surface of a sample I pulled from a man-made lake/pond. X10 objective.

Coleps sp. X4 objective. Water sample from a large artificial pond. Coleps are common planktonic ciliates found in lake ecosystems. Zebrafish researchers sometimes call them "twirlies" and consider them pests because of their aggressive predation on Zebrafish larvae. Coleps have a distinctive armor-like shell made of calcium carbonate plates. They feed on bacteria, algae, flagellates, and both ...

Nassula sp.? X10 and X20 From the local freshwater canal.

A few stentors filter feeding. X10 objective Water sample from BL artificial pond. This time I pipettes the biofilm at the surface of my jar. There were many other ciliates on the slide, some I've never seen before.

Bacillaria sp. (Paxillifera?) AKA Carpenter's Rule diatom. X10 objective. From a local freshwater pond.

Heliozoa from a local freshwater canal. X4, X10, X20 and X60 objectives. The dust on my camera's sensor is out of control. Time for an upgrade anyway.

From the local freshwater canal. X60 objective.

X10 and X20 objectives Water sample from local freshwater canal

X10 objective

From local freshwater canal X10 and X20 objectives

X10 and X20 objectives Water sample from local canal

X20 objective Water sample taken from large artificial pond.

Nov 6, 2024 4:59pm

From the Kondiaronk Belvedere lookout on Mount Royal in Montreal. 21 degrees today, unusually warm fall day.

Cell of testate amoeba?

Vorticella under microscope

Ciliates and rotifers under the microscope

Euglena movement under microscope

Bdelloidea and Ciliates under the microscope

Heliozoa activity under microscope

A spirostomum and a unicellular protist under the microscope

A heliozoa under the microscope

Metopus under microscope

Spirostomum under the microscope - Short ver.

Mite (?) from aquarium under microscope

Rotifer and protist under the microscope

Protists and a bdelloid (?) rotifer - Raw vid II

Protists and a bdelloid (?) rotifer - Raw vid I

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