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Uronychia setigera.
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Aspidisca polystyla.
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Diophrys appendiculatus.
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Found in samples from the Amundsen Sea supplied by Eun Jin Yang. Imaged using a 20x objective, Bouin's-fixed specimen.
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[taxonomy:binomial=Euplotes woodruffi]
Large hypotrich ciliate.
Date:
7 Sep 2011, originally collected 6 Sep 2011
Location:
Freshwater stream flowing out of MacRitchie Reservoir, close to Venus Drive entrance. On field trip with NUS freshwater biology class. Stream was brown with sandy bottom, water mostly clear.
Microscope:
Bright-field with closed condenser aperture.
Camera:
Nikon D7000
Collector:
Brandon Seah
Scale:
20830 pixels/mm = 20.8 pixels/µm (40x)
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[taxonomy:binomial=Euplotes woodruffi]
Date:
7 Sep 2011, originally collected 6 Sep 2011
Location:
Freshwater stream flowing out of MacRitchie Reservoir, close to Venus Drive entrance. On field trip with NUS freshwater biology class. Stream was brown with sandy bottom, water mostly clear.
Microscope:
Bright-field with closed condenser aperture.
Camera:
Nikon D7000
Collector:
Brandon Seah
Scale:
20830 pixels/mm = 20.8 pixels/µm (40x)
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[taxonomy:genus=Aspidisca]
Aspidisca is a hypotrich ciliate that uses its cirri (compound ciliated structures) to "walk" like a tiny insect across the surface it is exploring.
