Trachelius (ovum) and pandorina

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Charles Krebs
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Trachelius (ovum) and pandorina

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I don't come across these too often. This one was "feeding" while slowly turning in clockwise circles amid a bunch of pandorina.

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20X objective, 2.5X photo-eyepiece. Canon 10D. Brightfield illumination with electronic flash.

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Ken Ramos
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Wow such large vacuoles you have :shock: Never seen one of these personally Charlie. An unusual ciliate for me, interesting. Thanks for posting it. :D
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