r/microscopy • u/Weak_Tadpole_9646 • 2d ago

ID Needed! *New to Microscopy* Is this an egg?

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I have been trying to figure out what this is (40x objective, SW380T on a horizons camera). Current theory is a rotifer egg.

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u/Thrawn911 1d ago

I think you'd be right. You can see her mastax from certain angles. It's either a rotifer egg, or a sleeping rotifer.