absolutely fantastic shot, Charlie ! And lot of very interesting
background knowledge ! Thank you !
Gerd

Wow, perfect shots ! Really nice, Charly, absolutely rare ! How many shots did you take
to get this result ?
Gerd

another individual from the bottom of tideways sample of the North Sea.
Looks like some kind of Loxophyllum ?
Wonderful macronucleus in string of pearls shape.
Objective 20x, DIC, electronic flash.
Thanks,
Gerd

Hello Wim, yes, marine variant of Chlamydodon i think, not Nassula or Chilodonella. Thanks, Wim. >> Can I deduce from these images you posted that you have been on a seaside holiday, Gerd? Yes, we have been there for two weeks. Wonderful weather, lots of samples ;-) Unfortunately i only took a small...

http://www.online-club.de/~rp11141/mpictures/nassula-marin.jpg again another individual from the bottom of tideways sample of the North Sea. Perhaps Nassula or Chilodonella ? Can anyone help ? Interesting ingesting apparatus on the lower side of the ciliate. Prepared to eat diatoms or blue algae ? ...

another individual from the bottom of tideways sample of the North Sea.
Same behaviour and matchable size as freshwater litonotus cygnus.
Objective 20x, DIC, electronic flash.
Thanks,
Gerd

floscularia "family", Ma, Pa and flosci junior....
Darkfield, Objective 10x, e. flash,
Thanks,
Gerd

Absolutely perfect shot, Charlie ! Superb sharpness, nice colour !

Fall time, rotifer time.
A rather big rotifer in dark field. The translated German name is
"fringed crown" (Streble/Krauter, Leben im Wassertropfen).
Objective 10x, electronic flash.
Thanks,
Gerd

Wow, Ron, a wonderful phase shot, great !

Collotheca ornata, sample of the same pond as floscularia post yesterday.
Objective 20x, phase contrast.
Thanks,
Gerd

Wim, again another one of your "Wow !"-images !
Wonderful !
Gerd

http://www.online-club.de/~rp11141/mpictures/floscul-gruppe.jpg we have the highest November temperatures ever measured in Germany, so there is a rotifer mass reproduction in my favourite pond. At the same time we have euglena mass reproduction, so all rotifers have enough to eat.... This is a grou...

we were on holiday at the north sea on beginning of October.
I collected several specimens, especially from the bottom of tideways.
This is a marine nematode, rolled together.
Objective 10x, DIC.
Thanks,
Gerd

Thanks, Ken, for the comments. Yes, the second bean image contains more botanical information, but i thought, the more artistic view on plant anatomy might be interesting too..... :D I think, the use of these hairs are as follows : as the beans are climbers, they need some additional helpers to fast...