Sunday, 17 March 2024

Ciliate or Worm?

 I isolated this large, contractile ciliate and chased it around the slide for some time. Even when 1/2 the water had evaporated from under the slide the specimen was still very active. No idea what this is. I have since been told this is actually a flatworm from Subphylum Catenulida.

In this view the specimen is 850um long


In this contracted view the specimen is 480mm long

Another view


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