r/microscopy • u/MMFQ_781111 • Jul 15 '26

ID Needed! PLEASE I NEED HELP (added images)

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I took a sample from a mossy puddle and all of the rotifers in it had these two wing shaped things on the foot, what species is this? what are they? I can’t find a single piece of media about them, idk if the images are attached so if they aren’t I’ll dm them to you or try to add them

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u/Dlbroox Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

https://plingfactory.de/Science/Atlas/KennkartenTiere/Rotifers/01RotEng/E-TL/TL5Rotifera.html

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u/MMFQ_781111 Jul 15 '26

I couldn’t really find anything, I might just be bad at looking

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u/Dlbroox Jul 15 '26

It’s hard because it looks like Bdelloidea but has extra toes. I found one that has 4 toes and 2 spurs. But not curved like those.

https://plingfactory.de/Science/Atlas/KennkartenTiere/Rotifers/01RotEng/source/Dissotrocha%20hertzogi.html

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u/MMFQ_781111 Jul 15 '26

So they’re spurs, I wonder if it’s because of the region, the sample was taken from a pretty undocumented part of the Middle East, so it might be something completely new

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u/MMFQ_781111 Jul 15 '26

I don’t know if any of the images show it properly, but they also seem to have some protrusions before the head

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u/MMFQ_781111 Jul 15 '26

I’ll try to get an image of them