Sometimes I see things under the microscope that just make me scratch my head and smile. I'll leave it to you more knowledgeable folks to make the ID.... but I give this critter an A for effort in the eating department. 40X with 2.5X relay lens, Canon 10D. Oblique brightfield illumination.
Eyes bigger than stomach!
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I can't say what it is right off hand. A couple of the other guys are real good at identification of these organisms. The Protist Info Server is what I rely on the most along with Jahns book on protozoa. This is a very good image once again. I like the clarity and the exceptionally clean backgrounds that you come up with, good job
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Kenneth Ramos
Rutherfordton, North Carolina
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Kenneth Ramos
Rutherfordton, North Carolina
Kens Microscopy
Reposts of my images within the galleries are welcome, as are constructive critical critiques.
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This could be Disematostoma. I saw a lot of Disematostoma in samples I gathered last summer from the drainage pond behind the lab where I work. They seemed to have a deinite fondness for diatoms and exhibited the same pattern of trichocysts seen in this image. These obliquely illuminated images are great!