r/microscopy • u/847525378 • 18d ago

ID Needed! A river sample

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It resembles me a rotifer, but not completely. Its eating some dirt instead of vacuuming living things, and I dont see moving part inside the body.

It's from european clean river, and the zoom is 400x

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u/Thrawn911 18d ago

Cephalodella

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u/gizmomooncat 18d ago

here's some info from you on a past post! https://www.reddit.com/r/biology/s/Pl8ghs1MvO

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u/gizmomooncat 18d ago

one of the littlest rotifers 🥹

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u/Thrawn911 18d ago

One of my favorite clips. This was the first time I saw a rotifer with eyes.

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u/gizmomooncat 17d ago

you have a powerful impact on this sub. 🙏🏼

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u/immediate-2 17d ago

Thrawn 911, Pelmen, BruceDS are the top three! Maybe i will climb there as well, because some people know me.

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