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kenk

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Marzo 21, 2024 a las 08:13 AM PDT

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davidfbird

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Febrero 5, 2024 a las 11:14 AM EST

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From the foam accumulated at rock barriers in the stream, another kind of aquatic hyphomycete conidia. Cells are 2-4 x 1-1.5 µm. I'm not sure of the identification - going out on a limb.

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Carpintero Albinegro Menor (Dryobates pubescens)

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mnold1

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Febrero 2024

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Right woodpecker = Downy
Hairy and Downy were seconds apart on the same feeder. Assembled images in a single composite to emphasize the size difference.

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davidfbird

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Febrero 26, 2024 a las 11:17 AM EST

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From a sample of periphyton collected in a small stream that crosses the trail. Cell length 113 µm. Large central macronucleus and prominent micronucleus. F. acuminata?

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mnold1

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Febrero 24, 2024 a las 10:04 PM EST

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Mag. 400x

  • A pond-side water sample taken on 02/24/2024 using a small sample bottled attached to an extension pole Air temp 42F (no ice at the shore).

A larger specimen was previously observed, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/158455990. Both appear similar to Eunotia mayamae as seen here https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/23806/zoom/fig/199/, an excerpt from https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=23806.

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mnold1

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Febrero 24, 2024 a las 09:10 AM EST

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Mag. 400x

  • A pond-side water sample taken on 02/24/2024 using a small sample bottled attached to an extension pole Air temp 42F (no ice at the shore).

Stalked, loricate ciliate in the role of an epizoite; it is attached in the urosome/seta region of a copepod (tail area). The copepod was very active, whipping the Cothurnia sp., and its associated epizootic alga, in sweeping arcs... a testament to the strength of the attachments involved. The last image (replicated in composite image 2) may give a hint of the nature of the pellicle of the zooid; see the horizontal striations at the base of the zooid. I was unable to capture a good video of this critter and not thoughtful enough to photograph the entire copepod with its Cothurnia passenger.

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laneallen

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Marzo 2024

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mnold1

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Enero 6, 2024 a las 10:36 AM EST

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Mag. 400x

  • A pond-side water sample (retentate) was taken on 01/06/2024 using a 10µ dip net to enrich for microorganisms. (The shoreline had a layer of ice about 1/4" thick that needed to be breached in order to accommodate the dipnet. The retentate contained a lot of sediment due to the shallow depth and disturbance caused by the net.) Air temp 35F. (sample has been sitting on a cool, west-facing window ledge since 1/6/24)

Small, smooth Arcella, partial ventral view (50µ wide, 13µ aperture). For the purpose of size comparison, the last composite image includes recently observed Arcella species from the same water sample, all normalized to the same scale.

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mnold1

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Febrero 24, 2024 a las 03:14 PM EST

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Mag. 400x

  • A pond-side water sample taken on 02/24/2024 using a small sample bottled attached to an extension pole Air temp 42F (no ice at the shore).

The 3 images derive from 3 slightly different focal planes (looking for flagella). Initially thought this may be Apiocystis brauniana, which has been observed in the area. However the tubular containment of the cells prompted more looking. Palmodictyon varium seems a perfect fit, given its tube-like sheath surrounding the cells and the undulate sheath margin (bulging round cells), characteristics that correspond well with images at -algaebase.org-, https://www.algaebase.org/search/images/detail/?img_id=19805. (also see http://cfb.unh.edu/phycokey/Choices/Chlorophyceae/colonies/colonies_not_flagellated/PALMODICTYON/Palmodictyon_key.htm)

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joseph92

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Mayo 7, 2023 a las 02:33 PM EDT

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The high-pitched ringing gradually rises in volume as other frogs join in and start doing more of a trill-type call. Not sure which species is responsible.

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Coyotes, Lobos, Chacales Y Perros (Género Canis)

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mnold1

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Febrero 2024

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Individual track ~2.25 - 2.5"
Claw marks prominent.
Prints were related by size, direction and the absence of other tracks.
The first track looks like domestic dog, though there are no loose dogs in the extended neighborhood.
The second track, which I believe was made by the same animal, looks more fox or cayote in shape. The last photo captures a paused position (I think) at the corner of a building. Please help with an ID if able. Thanks!

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Ardillas Y Parientes (Familia Sciuridae)

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mnold1

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Febrero 2024

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Individual track length ~1.5"
Claw marks prominent.
Track Pattern: Front and hind tracks approximately parallel to form a single track set. The next set appears 18" to 14" from the previous set. This pattern repeated for 5 sets of tracks, see composite photo.
Not sure if this is a hopping or galloping pattern. Red fox are common in the area, as are squirrels, racoons, skunks, etc. Please help ID if you can. Thank you!

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peptolab

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Marzo 15, 2023 a las 03:24 PM EDT

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Mastigamoeba species from the intertidal benthos of marine estuary Acabonac Harbopr at Louse Point imaged in Nomarski DIC on Olympus BH2 under SPlan 40x objective plus variable phone cropping on Samsung Galaxy S9+. Folllowing discussion is from: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastigamoeba
Mastigamoeba is characterized as a genus of unicellular organisms characterized by an amoeboid (polymorphic) body with hyaline (transparent) cytoplasm and a flagella (amoeboid flagellates). Currently, the World Register of Marine Species lists only two marine species: M. pachyderma Skuja, 1948 and M. schizophrenia Simpson, Bernard, Fenchel & Patterson, 1997.

Due to its similarity to genera such as Mastigella and Mastigina, the genus Mastigamoeba was specified in 1891 to include only organisms with the following characteristics: amoeboid flagellates with hyaline cytoplasm, a direct connection between flagella and nucleus, lateral pseudopodia (pseudopods) and an elongated nucleus. However, the members of the genus change between different morphologies during their life cycle and can exist not only as amoeboid flagellates but also as unflagellated (aflagellate) amoebae, as multinucleated amoebas and as cysts.

During the 20th century, hundreds of species were described under the genus Mastigamoeba solely on the basis of external morphological features. However, recent research on their life cycle has shown that one and the same organism takes on many different morphologies (forms) over the course of its life, calling into question this large number of species described. Currently, there are about nine confirmed and distinguished species of Mastigamoeba, with many more being questioned (see below). Cavalier-Smith described the class Archamoebea in 1983 and included the order Mastigamoebida with the genus Mastigamoeba. Historically, amoeboid flagellates were included in the Pelobionta, with the Mastigamoebidae and the Pelomyxidae (genera Pelomyxa and Mastigella). The naming of the genus is controversial. The genera Mastigamoeba and Phreatamoeba are now considered synonymous by many researchers, although this is questioned by others.

The representatives of the Mastigamoeba are microoxic, i.e. they thrive in environments with low oxygen content (10–20%), e.g. in upper layers of mud or sand or on the sediment surface of shallow ponds. Some have also been found in sewage treatment plants. Such pelobionts are usually found worldwide, studies have confirmed their widespread occurrence in the temperate regions of Europe and North America. Typical habitats include habitats rich in organic matter. Among freshwater rivers and lakes, these organisms are most abundant in stagnant waters where oxygen-poor environments are common. Pelobionts are also found in marine environments. Although most pelobionts are free-living, some representatives are considered endobiotic, i.e. they survive only in the intestines of their hosts. These representatives are completely anoxic and thrive at low pH. They have been found in various vertebrates and invertebrate hosts, especially primates and dogs.

The length of the flagella ranges from 10 μm to 60 μm. In amoeboid locomotion with the help of the pseudopods, the species of clade A have a so-called uroid (also uropodium,typically mulberry-like structure at the rear end, which can appear rounded, rotten and hairy), while the types of clade B instead have a trailing pseudopodium. There is only a single flagellum (flagellum). This consists of the 9+ microtubule structure typical of eukaryotes. The flagellum apparatus consists of a single basal body from which the scourge originates. There is a microtubularcone, a cone-shaped structure that connects the flagellum apparatus directly to the cell nucleus. In the types of clade A, this cone is wide and originates at the base and lateral ends of the basal body. In the species of clade B, however, it is narrow and originates only at the base of this structure. The flagellum apparatus is arranged anteriorly and supports locomotion.

The outside of the cell is covered with a thin, unevenly distributed layer of organic, filamentous (threadlike) material. These threads run parallel to the cell and are 1 μm thick at their thickest point. The chemical composition of this extracellular shell is unknown. Some Mastigamoeba species have spines that are irregularly distributed around the cell. These spines are hollow, and their composition is also unknown. The organic layer sometimes contains prokaryotic symbionts of unknown identity; the exact relationship between the Mastigamoeba sp. and this symbiont is unknown (as of 2011). Another feature of the genus Mastigamoeba is the lack of a Golgi apparatus (dictyosome). However, its central functions are taken over by related elements in the endomembrane system – the endoplasmic reticulum contains some bundled structures and various vesicles that perform the core functions of a Golgi dictyosome. Not all Archamoebae have peroxisomes present. However, studies have shown that some Mastigamoeba species contain at least peroxisomal proteins.

The Archamoebae are all amitochondria, i.e. they have no typical, true mitochondria. The mitochondria in the mastigamoeba have been reduced (in the course of evolution) or transformed into forms that still retain some mitochondrial functions or have altered functions. These are commonly referred to as mitochondria-related organelles (MROs). For example, species like M. balamuthi have MROs called hydrogenosomes. Hydrogenosomes have arisen from mitochondria due to the loss of aerobic life stages. The hydrogenosomes have lost their former genome and the electron transport chain in the course of evolution. However, they continue to be used for ATP production by partial anaerobic oxidation of pyruvate and produce hydrogen gas as a by-product. The biosynthesis of iron-sulfur clusters has passed into a cytosolic function through lateral gene transfer (from the MRO genome to the nuclear genome) and is no longer carried out in the MROs. Other species have reduced mitochondrial organelles called mitosomes. These MROs have been reduced to such an extent that their only function is the biosynthesis of iron-sulfur clusters. They no longer have a function in energy metabolism, so these organisms must obtain their energy in other ways. To compensate for the loss of their own ATP production, these amitochondrial organisms have acquired the ability to import ATP from a host or symbiotic partner.

Several cellular phenotypes are known from many members of the Archamoebae, e.g. (mononucleated) amoeba, multinucleated amoeba, cyst and flagellate. The cyst stage has a single nucleus and is filled with granules and surrounded by a wall of unknown composition (as of 1986). The most important trophic form (growth form, as opposed to resting form) of Mastigamoeba is a mononuclear amoeboid flagellate. However, some species show (at least in some phases of life) a multinucleated morphology: M. schizophrenia has up to 10 nuclei in the multinucleated stage. In M. balamuthi, the predominant trophic form is that of a multinucleated organism that can have up to 46 nuclei. Propagation occurs by mitosis and subsequent budding. In the multinucleated form, this usually results in an unequal number of nuclei in the daughter cells.

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douch

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Enero 24, 2024 a las 04:58 PM AEDT

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Bright-field microscopy. Between barbs, on internal surface of detached feather (Cacatua galerita galerita / C. tenuirostris / C. sanguinea sanguinea).

Image 1: body
Image 2: anterior; upper focal-plane
Image 3: posterior; lower focal-plane
Image 4: anterior; upper focal-plane
Image 5: posterior; lower focal-plane

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mnold1

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Enero 6, 2024 a las 11:44 AM EST

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Mag. 400x

  • A pond-side water sample (retentate) was taken on 01/06/2024 using a 10µ dip net to enrich for microorganisms. (The shoreline had a layer of ice about 1/4" thick that needed to be breached in order to accommodate the dipnet. The retentate contained a lot of sediment due to the shallow depth and disturbance caused by the net.) Air temp 35F.

Smooth dome shape with a turned-up brim (i.e., boarder of the base, like the brim of a hat). The aperture, measured in the first photo, is 30µ. The occupant of the test is not alive. For more information and images, see https://arcella.nl/arcella-vulgaris/.

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kristobal22

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Diciembre 29, 2023 a las 05:20 PM CET

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mnold1

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Enero 6, 2024 a las 03:17 PM EST

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Mag. 400x

  • A pond-side water sample (retentate) was taken on 01/06/2024 using a 10µ dip net to enrich for microorganisms. (The shoreline had a layer of ice about 1/4" thick that needed to be breached in order to accommodate the dipnet. The retentate contained a lot of sediment due to the shallow depth and disturbance caused by the net.) Air temp 35F.

Single specimen. Striae density near center, 8/10µ. As seen here on iNaturalist and here https://diatoms.org/species/gomphonema_acuminatum.

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Vida (Vida)

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mnold1

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Enero 6, 2024 a las 10:31 PM EST

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mag. 400x

  • A pond-side water sample (retentate) was taken on 01/06/2024 using a 10µ dip net to enrich for microorganisms. (The shoreline had a layer of ice about 1/4" thick that needed to be breached in order to accommodate the dipnet. The retentate contained a lot of sediment due to the shallow depth and disturbance caused by the net.) Air temp 35F.

Looks like the test of amoeboid, Arcella. My wishful eye sees Arcella rotunda var. alta, or something very close. However, this specimen is too large and the texture of the test surface seems wrong (too smooth and no tessellation of tiny hexagons; though some images show a dispersion of small, crater-like features of irregular size). Question remains: Arcella or debris. (Image of A. rotunda var. alta., https://arcella.nl/arcella-rotundata/.

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peptolab

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Enero 9, 2024 a las 12:14 PM EST

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A peculiar ciliate, probably a spathidiid, with features closely resembling Apertospahula okteme Yildiz 2018 found in a four month-old sample of the coarse sand intertidal benthos of marine estuary Acabonac Harbor at Louse Point launching ramp. Imaged in Nomarski DIC on Olympus BH2S using SPlanapo 40 0.95 objective plus variable phone camera cropping on Samsung Galaxy S9+.
The ciliate measures 66 um in length. It has a prominent somewhat bulbous perhaps open oral bulge associated with an eccentric oral opening and an aggregate of refractive granules. There is an oblong macronucleus in the posterior half of the cell and a terminal contractile vacuole. The cytoplasm is filled with digestive vacuoles.

The genus Apertospathula comprises ten species most of which are terrestrial. The only aquatic species described thus far is A. okteme which was found in bottom sediments of a marina of Lake Van in Turkey with salinity of 19%. My specimen resembles A. okteme in its saline sediment biotope, claviform shape, size, anterior aggregate of refractive granules, and oblong macronucleus. The oral bulge of my specimen is more promnent and bulbous than A. okteme and the anterior aggregate of refractive granules is smaller than that of A. oketeme where it fills the anterior 1/3 to 1/2 of the cell.

I feel that this specimen might be an as yet undescribed marine apertospathulid species or perhaps it belongs to another spathidiid genus. The genus Apertospathula features a ventrally open, loop-like oral bulge which I think we can see in this specimen.

Morphology and phylogeny of Apertospathula oktemae n. sp. (Ciliophora, Haptoria, Spathidiida) from Lake Van, Turkey. Ismail Yıldız. European Journal of Protistology 66 (2018) 1–8

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Águila Cabeza Blanca (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

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joseph92

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Marzo 29, 2016 a las 04:07 PM EDT

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igorvianag

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Marzo 2, 2023 a las 05:22 PM -03

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Ceratomyxa sp. extraído de um peixe amazônico.

Visão microscópica de um parasita Ceratomyxa sp.

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Abaniquillo Pardo del Caribe (Anolis sagrei)

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Noviembre 3, 2023 a las 08:22 AM +08

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1st - 3rd Nov 2023 images collection

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Monitor de Agua (Varanus salvator ssp. macromaculatus)

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Enero 2, 2024 a las 01:29 PM +08

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Gorrión Molinero (Passer montanus)

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Enero 2024

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Falta ubicación

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mnold1

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Enero 6, 2024 a las 10:36 AM EST

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Mag. 400x (1), 200x (2)

  • A pond-side water sample (retentate) was taken on 01/06/2024 using a 10µ dip net to enrich for microorganisms. (The shoreline had a layer of ice about 1/4" thick that needed to be breached in order to accommodate the dipnet. The retentate contained a lot of sediment due to the shallow depth and disturbance caused by the net.) Air temp 35F.

Corresponds well with images of Euglena acus found here http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/PDB/Images/Mastigophora/Euglena/acus/acus2.html. Inventory: 1 flagellum, 1 eyespot, 2 paramylon granules (rod-shaped, starch storage bodies in the anterior section), discoidal chloroplasts with the appearance, in this specimen, of hexagonal panels in the outer membrane (these are most easily seen, in the central to posterior section, in the middle photo of the composite image and in the last image at lower magnification (but better depth of field).

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amayakan

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Junio 5, 2021

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Cell size: approx. 4–5 µm

Site of collection: Katsurashima Ryokuchi south pond (a freshwater habitat), Sendai, Japan

Date of collection: June 5th, 2021

Weather: Sunny

Water temp.: 22.0°C

pH 6.7
Bright field observation using a Wraymer microscope (model BX-3500TL, Osaka, Japan) equipped with a Floyd-2 HDMI ethernet digital camera (Wraymer, Osaka, Japan).

Movie:
https://youtu.be/8969Rv2i6GA
https://youtu.be/fHdFtUfNSLM

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mnold1

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Enero 6, 2024 a las 03:32 PM EST

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Mag. 400x (1), 200x (2,3)

  • A pond-side water sample (retentate) was taken on 01/06/2024 using a 10µ dip net to enrich for microorganisms. (The shoreline had a layer of ice about 1/4" thick that needed to be breached in order to accommodate the dipnet. The retentate contained a lot of sediment due to the shallow depth and disturbance caused by the net.) Air temp 35F.

A euglenid with a single anterior flagellum, hyaline tail section, and a deeply ribbed pellicle (scales!, see comments) reminiscent of euglenoids Lepocinclis fusca and Phacus monilatus. Metabolic movement was not observed. Link to video https://youtu.be/GlnYtTwJ9YI.

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Febrero 16, 2021 a las 01:58 PM CET

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Mayo 2023

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tshahan

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Diciembre 2023

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first waterbear! found in lichen/moss on rock wall in woods

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peptolab

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Diciembre 2020

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Allogromia terricola (Leidy, 1874) syn. Gromia terricola Leidy, 1874 original description), syn. Gromia fluviatilis Dujardin. A terrestrial species of forminefera from an infusion prepared from the soil at the base of my compost heap.

Test spherical to subspherical; smooth or sparsely covered with siliceous particles; yellowish cytoplasm fills the test; aperture not seen; a large nucleus and numerous contractile vacuoles; filopodia long, often enveloping test; on aquatic plants, in moss or soil.

Envelope spheric or subspheric, seldom changing shape; protoplasm habitually covering the surface of the envelop. Pseudopodia numerous, anastomosing. Habitat aquatic plants. Measurements
90-250 um long.

The following discussion is adapted from the reference below.

Foraminifera are unicellular eukaryotes characterized by the presence of granuloreticulopodia and the possession of a membranous, agglutinated, or calcareous test, which is either monothalamous (single-chambered) or polythalamous (multi-chambered) (Loeblich and Tappan 1987). Within monothalamids some species like Reticulomyxa filosa are amoeboid naked forms.

Until 1859, foraminifera were only known from marine habitats, but that year Claparède and Lachmann described a monothalamid foraminifer, Lieberkuehnia wageneri, sampled from an unknown water body in Berlin. It had a smooth flexible test with an entosolenian tube that separated the main cytoplasm mass from the pseudopodial peduncle.

In 1886 Henri Blanc, a Swiss scientist, described another freshwater foraminifer, Gromia brunneri, which he had collected from the bottom of Lake Geneva. This single-chambered species had an agglutinated test, an organic layer covered and/or embedded with foreign, mainly non-organic, particles.

In subsequent years, Eugène Penard, another Swiss protozoologist, described four similar species Gromia gemma and G. squamosa (1899), G. linearis (1902) and G. saxicola (1905) from the same lake. He also described G. nigricans (1902), which he found not far from Lake Geneva in Mategnin and a marsh near Rouelbeau. Penard made permanent preparations of these foraminifera, which are still preserved and available in the Penard Collection of the Natural History Museum of Geneva (Switzerland).

In 1904, Ludwig Rhumbler erected the subfamily Allogromiinae for monothalamous foraminifera characterized by a more or less flexible organic test wall commonly with one or rarely two terminal apertures at either end of the test. He included all described freshwater species in this taxon. In a recent higher ranked classification of foraminifera based on molecular phylogenies (Pawlowski et al. 2013), monothalamous foraminifera were considered as a paraphyletic group that contains agglutinated and organic walled species as well as “naked” amoeboid species and environmental clades with unknown morphological affinities.

Traditionally the organic-walled foraminifera are called allogromiids. Most of them are distributed over a wide range of marine and brackish habitats (Gooday 2002). Freshwater allogromiids with an agglutinated test were originally placed in the genus Gromia by their discoverers, but as its type species G. oviformis is a filose marine species, Rhumbler (1904) transferred three species (G. squamosa, G. nigricans and G. linearis) to Rhynchogromia Rhumbler 1894. He further erected a new genus, Diplogromia, for the other two species having a double test wall: G. brunneri and G. gemma, although without designing a type species for the genus.

De Saedeleer (1934) revised Rhumbler’s classification leaving D. gemma in its genus and creating a new genus Allelogromia for the Rhynchogromia species with G. brunneri as type species. Deflandre (1953) erected the genus Penardogromia for G. linearis, with the argument that it had a homogenous agglutinated test with calcareous particles. Loeblich and Tappan (1960) argued that the classification of De Saedeleer was unacceptable, because G. brunneri had been fixed as the type of Diplogromia by subsequent designation of Cushman (1928). They created the genus Saedeleeria for G. gemma, transferring G. squamosa and G. nigricans also to Diplogromia, but without giving any supporting explanations. Another agglutinated allogromiid, Penardogromia palustris, was described by Thomas (1961) from a freshwater marsh near Bordeaux (France).

Beside these descriptions there have been some scattered records of agglutinated freshwater allogromiids over the years (Grospietsch, 1958, Hoogenraad and De Groot, 1940, Siemensma, 1982, Wailes, 1915; Meisterfeld pers. comm.; Clauss, unpublished) and some photomicrographs available online (Revello, 2015, Protist Information Server, 2016).

Leidy (1879) was the first who described an allogromiid foraminifer, Gromia terricola, from a terrestrial habit. He found this non-agglutinated species “among moist moss in the crevices of pavements, in shaded places, in the city of Philadelphia”. A similar terrestrial organic walled allogromiid Edaphoallogromia australica has been described by Meisterfeld et al. (2001).

Siemensman et al. Taxonomic revision of freshwater foraminifera with the description of two new agglutinated species and genera. European Journal of Protistology. Volume 60, August 2017, Pages 28-44 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2017.05.006

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davidfbird

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Diciembre 22, 2023 a las 12:15 PM EST

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Small tardigrade hiding in the moss from along the trail. About 340 microns long. The colour in these photos is not representative of its natural transparence.

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izi_izi

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Septiembre 19, 2021 a las 10:00 PM EDT

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Julio 19, 2023 a las 11:42 AM WEST

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Found in foam from a canal.

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mnold1

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Octubre 14, 2023 a las 08:49 PM EDT

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Mag. 400x

  • A pond-side water sample (retentate) was taken on 10/14/2023 using a 10µ dip net to enrich for microorganisms. Air temp 58F.

Small amoeboid organism. Often fan shape, narrow portion trailing, wide portion leading. The leading edge is transparent. Organellar material is concentrated in the trailing portion. This amoeboid looks very similar to images here https://arcella.nl/vannella-sp/. Photos 2 and 3 are for comparison with a larger, pseudopod-baring amoeboid. For a video, see https://youtu.be/yiZ1RHs2vOI.

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woodillj

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Abril 20, 2023 a las 01:00 PM PDT

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  • sampled from standing water found in a metal bucket
  • objectives (x10): image 1, 600x; image 2, 1000x
  • Images 3 and 4 are animated GIFs. ~~Full video is on Vimeo.~~
  • see also

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woodillj

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Mayo 4, 2023 a las 09:40 AM PDT

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  • sampled from puddle just after rain
  • objective (x10): 600x
  • see also

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ha300

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Diciembre 13, 2023 a las 10:41 PM +04

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Mauritius (Google, OSM)

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mlankford

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Diciembre 15, 2023 a las 05:50 PM EST

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Fresh water pond

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jwwalker

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Diciembre 18, 2023 a las 02:23 PM CST

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mnold1

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Octubre 14, 2023 a las 07:13 PM EDT

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Mag. 400x

  • A pond-side water sample (retentate) was taken on 10/14/2023 using a 10µ dip net to enrich for microorganisms. Air temp 58F.

Relatively large Galeripora discoides, diameter 130µ; aperture 65µ; ratio of aperture to full diameter 0.5.
Reference: https://arcella.nl/galeripora-discoides/.

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Aruco (Anhima cornuta)

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davidcedeno

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Noviembre 24, 2023 a las 04:38 PM -05

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mnold1

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Octubre 14, 2023 a las 08:03 PM EDT

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Mag. 400x

  • A pond-side water sample (retentate) was taken on 10/14/2023 using a 10µ dip net to enrich for microorganisms. Air temp 58F.

Not certain regarding the ID. Within the class Discosea is the candidate Oscillosignum distorta which matches drawings and habitat description presented in the 1985 "Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa", p183. The singular, pale green, granular organelle is the cell's nucleus, I think (labeled in photos).
For a video of this specimen see https://youtu.be/0PEXhiCqT2E.

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mnold1

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Junio 11, 2022 a las 12:32 PM EDT

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Mag. 400x
Abandoned test. Trilobed aperture. As seen here https://arcella.nl/netzelia-gramen/.

  • A pond-side water sample was taken on 06/10/2022 using a 10µ dip net to enrich for microbes. Air temp. 76°F.

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mnold1

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Octubre 14, 2023 a las 10:01 PM EDT

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Mag. 400x

  • A pond-side water sample (retentate) was taken on 10/14/2023 using a 10µ dip net to enrich for microorganisms. Air temp 58F.

Relatively long ciliate (175µ).

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Hongo Silla de Montar (Cerioporus squamosus)

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marleeruns

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Agosto 25, 2023 a las 01:18 PM CDT

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Orono (Google, OSM)

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kohab

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Abril 7, 2020 a las 07:19 AM UTC

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peptolab

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Septiembre 1, 2023 a las 10:08 AM EDT

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Thanks to Ryan Gawryluk for identifying this heliozoan as Ciliophrys species from biofilm that developed in a week old sample from the intertidal benthos of marine estuary Acabonac Harbor at Louse Point launching ramp. The cell body measures 15 um in diameter and has axiopods extending in three dimensions with granular kinetocysts. They taper slightly from base to tip. The long flagellum is held in a double figure 8 pattern. There are peripheral clumps of heterochromatin in the nucleus. These features are all indicative of Ciliophrys azurina Mirkujov and Patterson 2001 (1). In the first video we can see a bacterium being captured in a bag-like pseudopodium as depicted by Siemensma (2).

"Ciliophrys is a naked and heterotrophic pedinellid with either no stalk or a short stubby stalk (unpublished ultrastructural information). It is distinguished from other pedinellid taxa without plastids because the arms radiate from the whole cell surface, and, while in the heliozoan state, has weakly active flagellum held in a figure of 8 configuration. The cell may convert into an arm-less form at which time the flagellum becomes more active and the pseudopodia are withdrawn. These arm-less cells usually swim with the flagellum directed to the front. The fine, non-tapering axopods are supported by single triads of microtubules. As with actinophryids and other pedinellids, the interior ends of these axonemes are associated with nuclei. The composition of the genus was discussed by Larsen and Patterson (1990). We currently admit two species, and here add a third" (1).

"Ciliophrys azurina Patterson, sp. n. Diagnosis. Ciliophrys with tapering arms; nucleus with a central nucleolus and additional peripheral heterochromatin. Description. Cell 15 µm in diameter, with radiating arms with extrusomes. The single flagellum is held in front of swimming cells, and in non-swimming (feeding) cells the flagellum is held tightly curled, typically in a double “figure of 8”. The nucleus is large, prominent and has a nucleolus and clumps of material located around the inner face of the nuclear envelope. Observed consuming diatoms" (1).

"Remarks. Ciliophrys azurina can be distinguished from the other well described species in the genus, C. infusionum, by being considerably larger (15 µm vs 5 µm, although we note that C. infusionum has been reported as up to 20 µm long). More importantly, C. azurina can also be distinguished because the flagellum is longer and held in a double “figure of 8”, because the arms taper from base to tip, and because of the existence of peripheral clumps of heterochromatin in the nuclei. These two characters are held in common with Actinophrys - and there is especial similarity with Actinophrys pontica. We interpret the tapering arms and peripheral heterochromatin as being apomorphic characters for a previously unrecognised clade which includes C. azurina and the two genera of actinophryids and which we here refer to as the heliomonads" (1).

Imaged in Nomarski DIC using Olympus BH2S under SPlan 100x objective and oiled condenser plus variable phone camera cropping on Samsung Galaxy S9 + . One video includes some choanoflagellates just because they are so cute.

  1. Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Heliozoa. III. Actinophryids Kirill A. MIKRJUKOV and David J. PATTERSON. Acta Protozool. (2001) 40: 3-25.
  2. https://arcella.nl/ciliophrys-infusionum/

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davidfbird

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Septiembre 12, 1990 a las 07:24 PM -04

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Recently-divided cell, just under 100 microns long.

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peptolab

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Noviembre 18, 2023 a las 07:31 PM EST

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Cyclidium glaucoma Möller from a biofilm that formed after a week on a sample of the coarse sand intertidal benthos of marine estuary Acabonac Harbor at Louse Point launching ramp. Imaged in Nomarski DIC on Olympus BH2S using SPlan 40x and 100x oil objective with oiled condenser plus variable phone camera cropping on Samsung Galaxy S9+. The cells measure from 20-24 um in length. The oral apparatus (undulating membrane) occupies from 1/2 up to 3/4 body length. There is a large spherical anterior macronucleus, the micronucleus is not well visualized. There is a long caudal cilium and some cells have a posterior dimple. There is an indistinct cone-shaped frontal plate. There is usually a terminal contractile vacuole and sometimes one or two additional CV in subterminal position are present.

The following is from Taxonomische und ökologische Revision der Ciliaten des Saprobiensytems Band lll Hymenostomata, Prostomatida, Nassulida. W. Foissner, H. Berger, F. Kohmann. Informationsberichte des Bayer. Landesamtes für Wasserwirtschaft, Heft 1/94,548 pp.

Differential diagnosis
1) Size in vivo 14-30 x 6-16 um.
2) Shape barrel-shaped, in poorly fed specimens also spindle-shaped. Front end non-ciliated and slightly cone-shaped (frontal plate), rear end narrow to broadly rounded and, especially in starving cells, with a dimple from which the caudal cilia emerges. Not flattened.
3) Macronucleus spherical in the front half of the body. 1 spherical micronucleus.
4) Contractile vacuole terminal.
5) Resting extrusomes rod-shaped, very inconspicuous.
6) 10 (rarely 11) longitudinal ciliary rows. Cilia in the front half of the body mostly in pairs, at the rear end there is a caudal cilia approximately body-length and terminally curved.
7) Oral apparatus 1/2 body length. 3 very small adoral membranelles arranged one behind the other, right of which an L-shaped undulating membrane, the cilia of which are quite long and when resting. The animal forms a striking sail; detailed structure of the oral cilia only recognizable after silver impregnation, not necessary for the determination).
8) movement jumping and sliding; During the often long breaks the cilia are spread apart undulating membrane is set up like a sail and food is swirled in.

Possible confusion
The following Cyclidium species, some of which are very similar to one another, require a detailed description: C. citrullus (15-16 rows of cilia, --) taxonomy), C. elongatum SCHEWIAKOFF (hind end broadly truncated, oral apparatus about 3/4 body long, usually rests for a very long time and only drives a little back and forth when touched), -+ C. heptatrichum (middle section of body loosely ciliate, hind end with several slightly elongated cilia), C. oblongum BALD (40 pm; mouth on both sides of surrounded by a membrane; check), C. singulare (KAHL) (slender ovoid, contractile vacuole sub terminal, oral apparatus about 1/4 body long), C. versatile PENARD (swims rotating moderately quickly, with the long eyelashes trailing), C. litomesum STOKES (40 pm, dumbbell-shaped shape). -+ Ctedoctema acanthocryptum is significantly slimmer, the pellicle is usually notched and the contractile vacuole is further subterminal. -) Uronema nigricans is in the front third of the oral apparatus slightly dented and has a much more inconspicuous undulating membrane. -+ Pseudocohnilembus species are usually pointed egg-shaped and almost never rest. Features 2, 4, 7, 8 important.

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pierrelfr

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Marzo 31, 2021 a las 12:18 PM EDT

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Collected on March 30, 2021. Length 100µ. Last photo is a gif.

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kenk

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Febrero 7, 2022 a las 09:13 AM PST

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Time 3:30 PM
Weather: Clear
Air temp: 12C
Water Temp: 8.5C
Salinity: 34ppt.
Wind: 10-20 MPH, NNE
Tide: High tide 2.95
Secchi depth: 340cm

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peptolab

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Junio 12, 2023 a las 09:41 PM EDT

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Trepomonas steinii Klebs, 1892 from the northernmost saprobic edge benthos of the spring-fed freshwater coastal pond at Ocean Dunes Apartments in the Atlantic Double Dunes Preserve. This sampling site is situated 250 meters from the edge of the Atlantic Ocean and is rich in decaying organic matter. Imaged in Nomarski DIC using Olympus BH2 under SPlan 40x objective plus variable phone cropping on Samsung Galaxy S9+.

Thanks to Ivan Čepička for identifying this observation. A diplomonad dance party. Today's slide from the northernmost saprobic edge benthos of spring-fed freshwater coastal pond at Ocean Dunes Apartments in the Atlantic Double Dunes Preserve got richer and richer in diplomonad flagellates the longer the slide sat on the stage.

Cells were approximately 8 um – the smallest of all the species of the genus Trepomonas I found. The cells were slightly flattened and had a characteristic teardrop shape at first glance to triangular shape. The rear end was narrower than the front.

Diplomonad flagellates include the gnera Trepomonas and Hexamita. Most genera of diplomonads are parasites, and the few genera that are free-living are usually found in organically enriched (and usually anaerobic) sites. The cells are bilaterally symmetrical along their longitudinal axis. There are two anterior nuclei, and associated with each are four flagella which arise at the head of a groove in the body surface. The genera may be distinguished by the relative lengths of the flagella and by the flexibility of the bodies. In both genera, one flagellum of both quartets extends laterally from the head of the groove. The remainder lie within the groove, with those of the more pliable Trepomonas not extending beyond the posterior margin of the cell, as do those of Hexamita . These organisms may feed either by eating bacteria or by pinocytosis.

Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa: a Color Guide 1st Edition By D.J. Patterson. CRC Press Taylor and Francis Group. p 64.

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peptolab

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Junio 12, 2023 a las 10:29 PM EDT

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Trepomonas rotans Klebs, 1892 from the northernmost saprobic edge benthos of the spring-fed freshwater coastal pond at Ocean Dunes Apartments in the Atlantic Double Dunes Preserve. This sampling site is situated 250 meters from the edge of the Atlantic Ocean and is rich in decaying organic matter. Imaged in Nomarski DIC using Olympus BH2 under SPlan 40x objective plus variable phone cropping on Samsung Galaxy S9+.

A diplomonad dance party. Today's slide from the northernmost saprobic edge benthos of spring-fed freshwater coastal pond at Ocean Dunes Apartments in the Atlantic Double Dunes Preserve got richer and richer in diplomonad flagellates the longer the slide sat on the stage.

Thanks to Ivan Čepička for identifying this observation. This is the most numerous diplomonad species I observed in a slide that was teeming with diplomonads. The cells measured 10 μm. They were strongly flattened and oval in shape, the rear end was usually wider than
front. Cells moved relatively slowly compared to Trepomonas agilis and T. steinii and changed direction in a calm and fluid manner. The cells rotated vigorously as they moved. These findings were similar to (1).

"Diplomonad flagellates include the genera Trepomonas and Hexamita. Most genera of diplomonads are parasites, and the few genera that are free-living are usually found in organically enriched (and usually anaerobic) sites. The cells are bilaterally symmetrical along their longitudinal axis. There are two anterior nuclei, and associated with each are four flagella which arise at the head of a groove in the body surface. The genera may be distinguished by the relative lengths of the flagella and by the flexibility of the bodies. In both genera, one flagellum of both quartets extends laterally from the head of the groove. The remainder lie within the groove, with those of the more pliable Trepomonas not extending beyond the posterior margin of the cell, as do those of Hexamita . These organisms may feed either by eating bacteria or by pinocytosis" (2).

  1. Eva Rmoutilová Thesis: Diversity of free-living diplomonads. Trainer: doc. RNDr. Ivan Čepička, Ph.D.Prague, 2015 Charles University in Prague
    the Faculty of Natural Science.

  2. Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa: a Color Guide 1st Edition By D.J. Patterson. CRC Press Taylor and Francis Group. p 64.



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    peptolab

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    Marzo 11, 2023 a las 02:43 PM EST

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    Hexamita species (thanks to Alastair Simpson and Ivan Čepička for the ID) A diplomonad flagellate measuring 9 um from the intertidal benthos of marine estuary Acabonac Harbor at Louse Point imaged in Nomarski DIC on Olympus BH2 under SPlan 40x objective plus variable phone cropping on Samsung Galaxy S9+.

    It is difficult to pin down the species. In trying to do that, I accessed a number of texts from the late 1800's and early 1900's. In crudely trying to match pictures, strangely the closest match I could find to my observation was the genus Urophagus, which at that time used to be classified with the Hexamitidae but now is classified: Urophagus G.A.Klebs Heterokonta (Infrakingdom) Ochrophyta (Phylum) Ochrophyta incertae sedis (Subphylum) Urophagus (Genus). Species Urophagus caudatus Skuja, 1939 Species Urophagus rostratus (Stein) Klebs (uncertain). I include illustrations from those texts for interest and completeness but of course I go with the opinions of my expert friends.

    Genus Hexamita Dujardin, 1838. Parent Hexamitidae Kent, 1880. Marine species: Hexamita capelani Lavier, 1936; Hexamita inflata Dujardin, 1841 ; Hexamita salmonis (Moore, 1923) Wenyon, 1926. Also two species transferred to Spitronucleus: Hexamita phycidis Lavier, 1936 accepted as Spironucleus phycidis (Lavier, 1936) (synonym) and Hexamita salpae Lavier, 1936 accepted as Spironucleus salpae (Lavier, 1936) (synonym).

    "The diplomonads (suborder Diplomonadida, family Hexamitidae) are a group of aerotolerant anaerobic flagellates, which possess a double set of cellular organelles. Amongst the diplomonad genera are Hexamita, Giardia and Spironucleus]. Species of Hexamita are mostly free-living organisms that reside in anaerobic water sediments whereas the other taxa are almost exclusively parasites, which commonly inhabit the intestinal tract of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish. Diplomonads are members of the super-group of protista defined by an asymmetric feeding groove excavated from one side and hence termed the “Excavata”. They are thus flagellated eukaryotes that are taxonomically related to the Parabasalids and Euglenozoa. Discussion still revolves about their ‘primitive status’, i.e., whether they are early-branching eukaryotes, or crown taxa. They are characterized by their possession of two haploid nuclei, each associated with four flagella. In Spironucleus spp. the paired nuclei taper anteriorly and are wrapped around each other at their apices, forming an S-shape when viewed in transverse section of the anterior end of the cell. In other diplomonads the exact shape and location of nuclei are diagnostic for genus" (1).

    1. Comparative biochemistry of Giardia, Hexamita and Spironucleus: Enigmatic diplomonads. David Lloyd, Catrin F. Williams. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. Volume 197, Issues 1–2, October 2014, Pages 43-49

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    mnold1

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    Octubre 14, 2023 a las 06:55 PM EDT

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    Mag. 400x

    • A pond-side water sample (retentate) was taken on 10/14/2023 using a 10µ dip net to enrich for microorganisms. Air temp 58F.

    Pinnularia formica; 120µ L x 18µ. Third encounter with this taxon. There presence appears specific to just 1 of the ~4 local waterbodies I've been monitoring, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&taxon_id=471765&user_id=mnold1&verifiable=any
    Reference: https://diatoms.org/species/pinnularia_formica.

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    Tapón de Tinta Brillante (Coprinellus micaceus)

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    mnold1

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    Octubre 2023

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    lamawebber

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    Marzo 7, 2021 a las 04:40 PM PST

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    Genus: Gomphonemopsis Medlin, 1986

    Species:
    Gomphonemopsis exigua Medlin 1986: 207. (Basionym: Gomphonema exigua (Kutz)). Valves linear to narrowly linear lanceolate, 9 to 34 pm long and 2 to 6 pm wide (Figs 1-2). Striae 16-30 in 10 pm, slightly radiate to parallel at the apices. Narrow axial area, no central area (Medlin and Round 1986). Morphology of the MHMPP specimens fit the material from Oregon, USA, except the central area is very slightly open. [Gomphonemopsis cf. exigua spp-Zm MHMPP-Box 0_stb 21-Mar 7-2021 CR-TM4000 (Aug 26-2021)_027(x1.5k)_3.tif at 28.4 µm long would not fit the length characteristics of any other Gomphonemopsis species except for Gomphonemopsis exigua.

    Found on Z. marina. Collected at Montague Harbour Marine Provincial park (MHMPP). on March 7, 2021.

    This is a first report of Gomphonemopsis exigua in the Salish Sea.

    Taxonomic classification:

    Phylum Bacillariophyta
    Subphylum Bacillariophytina
    Class Bacillariophyceae
    Subclass Bacillariophycidae
    Order Cymbellales
    Family Rhoicospheniaceae (Guiry and Guiry 2021)

    Type species, synonym(s), etc.: Gomphonemopsis exigua (Kützing) Medlin is the type species (holotype) of this genus (Guiry and Guiry 2021). Homotypic Synonym(s) Gomphonema exiguum Kützing 1844 and Gomphoneis exigua (Kützing) Medlin 2008 (Guiry and Guiry 2021)

    An excellent summary of genus characterisic is found at: https://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=44116

    Most Gomphonemoid species produce stalks of mucopolysaccarides that are secreted through an apical pore field. Gomphonema, a freshwater genus has a distinctive basal (foot pole) apical pore field, whereas Gomphonemopsis has a row of pores. Gomphonema can be washed into coastal waters, but the MHMPP specimens are on intact stalks and likely too numerous on the Z. marina leaf sections to be a stray event.

    Gomphonemopsis is a small genus in number of species and small in size. It is an epiphytic diatom of marine habitats. Widespread, but not found in large numbers. None of the Gomphonemoids were reported by Shim (1976) for the Straight of Georgia, and Tynii (1986) as forms of Nitzschia (i.e. N. hungarica). Gomphonemopsis (as Gomphonema exiguous Kutz = Gomphonemopsis exigua was recorded by Jacobs and Noten (1980) on Z. marina. AlgaeBase reports nine currently accepted species of Gomphonemopsis (Guiry and Guiry 2021).

    Methods:

    Collected by brushing or scrapping leaf sections of Z. marina from MHMPP, August 3, 2020, October 16, 2020, March 7, 2021 and July 2021. Cells were cleaned with concentrated hydrogen peroxide or nitric acid at 100 C for 3-5 hours to remove organics, then rinsed multiple times in ddH20 to a neutral pH. Mounted on SEM stubs or in Naphrax on coverslips for light microscopy. Imaging with a Nikon TE300 and Tuscen DigiRetna16 MP camera or Nikon E800.
    Live specimens were imaged with either a Nikon TE300 or Nikon E800 with either bright-field or DIC. In-situ, environmentally prepared samples were made using minimal contact of 8-10 mm leaf section, soaked in ddH2O to remove salts and dried through an EtOH series (50%-100%) and finished off with 100% Hexamethyldisilane HMDS (Hazrin-Chong and Manefield 2012). Mounted on carbon stickies onto aluminum SEM stubs and imaged with either the Hitachi s4800 or TM4000 at AMF, at University of Victoria, B.C. My thanks to Siobhan Schenk and Laura Parfrey in the Parfrey Lab at UBC for molecular data from the eelgrass and collaboration with IMERSS. Also thanks go to Elaine Humphrey of the AMF, UVIC, imaging by Arjan van Asselt, Elaine Humphrey, Melanie Quenneville, Ron Read, Cole Ramsay. Additional imaging, taxonomy and identifications by M. Webber.

    References:

    Al-Handal, A., Thomas, E. W., Torstensson, A., Jahn, R. & Wulff, A. (2018). Gomphonemopsis ligowskii, a new diatom (Bacillariophyceae) from the marine Antarctic and a comparison to other Gomphonemopsis. Diatom Research 33: 97–103.DOI: 10.1080/0269249X.2018.1428916

    Manal Al-Kandari, Dr. Faiza Y. Al-Yamani, Kholood Al-Rifaie (2009). Marine Phytoplankton Atlas of Kuwait’s Waters. Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research

    Ehrenberg, C.G. (1832). Über die Entwickelung und Lebensdauer der Infusionsthiere; nebst ferneren Beiträgen zu einer Vergleichung ihrer organischen Systeme. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Physikalische Klasse 1831: 1-154, pls I-IV.

    Frenguelli (1942). Diatomeas del Neuquen (Patagonia). INSTITUTO DEL MUSEO DI: LA UNIVENSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA, REVISTA DEL MUSEO DE LA PLATA. Tomo V. Botanica no. 20. (pp177-178. Lamina VIII fig. 12 (Tryblionella hungarica))

    Guiry, M.D. in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on July 6, 2021.

    Hendey, N.I. (1964). An introductory account of the smaller algae of British coastal waters. Part V. Bacillariophyceae (diatoms). Her Majesty’s Stationary Office, London. p. 280 (as Nitzschia acuminata), plate 39, fig. 8 & 10.

    Jacobs, R.P.W.M., Noten, T.M.P.A., 1980. The annual pattern of the diatoms in the epiphyton of eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) at Roscoff, France. Aquat. Bot. 8, 355-370.

    Kaleli, M.A., Kulikovskiy, M.S., & Solak, C.N. (2017). Some New Records for Marine Diatom Flora of Turkey From Akliman, Sinop (Black Sea). Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 17, 1387-1395. pp. 1389-1390, Fig. 2: 15-18: Gomphonemopsis obscura (Krasske). http://doi.org/10.4194/1303-2712-v17_6_32

    Kociolek, J.P., Spaulding, S. A., and Lowe, R. L. (2015). The Raphid Diatoms. Chapter 16, pp. 757-758. In: J. Wehr, R. Sheath & J.P. Kociolek [Eds], Freshwater Algae of North America. 2nd Edition. Academic Press, NY.

    Krzywda, M., Gastineau, R., Bąk, M., Dąbek, P., Górecka, E., Chengxu, Z., Lange-Bertalot, H., Li, C. L., and Witkowski, A. (2019). Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Gomphonemopsis sieminskae sp. nov. isolated from brackish waters of the East China Sea coast. Plant and Fungal Systematics, 64(1), pp.17-24. https://doi.org/10.2478/pfs-2019-0003

    Lobban, C.S., M. Schefter, R.W. Jordan, Y. Arai, A. Sasaki, E.C. Theriot, M. Ashworth, E.C. Ruck & C. Pennesi. 2012. Coral-reef diatoms (Bacillariophyta) from Guam: new records and preliminary checklist, with emphasis on epiphytic species from farmer-fish territories. Micronesica. 43(2): 237-479.

    López-Fuerte, F.O., Siqueiros-Beltrones, D.A. & Navarro, N. (2010) Benthic diatoms associated with mangrove environments in the northwest region of Mexico. CONABIO–UABCS–IPN, 206 pp. p. 64: Gomphonemopsis littoralis (Hendey) Medlin. p. 161, Plate 28 fig. 20.

    JOON SANG PARK, CHRISTOPHER S. LOBBAN & KYUN-WOO LEE Diatoms associated with seaweeds from Moen Island in Chuuk Lagoon,
    Micronesia, Phytotaxa 351 (2): 101–140. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.351.2.1 Fig. 33. Gomphonemopsis littoralis [24. Gomphonemopsis littoralis (Hendey) Medlin Fig. 33 References: Medlin & Round (1986), p. 210, figs 12–15, 52–54; Lobban et al. (2012), p. 264, pl. 22, figs 1–3. Samples: Moen1_Padina Dimensions: 24.3 μm long, 1.8 μm wide; 25 striae in 10 μm.]

    Mather et al. (2010). A Checklist of Diatom Species Reported (and Presumed Native) from Canadian Coastal Waters. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2010/mpo-dfo/Fs97-6-2881-eng.pdf).

    Medlin, L.K. & Round, F.E. (1986). Taxonomic studies of marine gomphonemoid diatoms. Diatom Research 1(2): 205-225, 100 figs, 1 table.

    Pienitz, R., Fedje, D. and Poulin, M. (2003) Marine and Non-Marine Diatoms from the Haida Gwaii Archipelago and Surrounding Coasts, Northeastern Pacific, Canada In Bibliotheca Diatomologica (H. Lange-Bertalot and P. Kociolek, eds.), Band 48, J. Cramer, Stuttgart, 146 pp.

    Plinski, M. & Witkowski, A. (2020). Diatoms from the Gulf of Gdansk and surrounding waters (the southern Baltic Sea). pp. [1]-442, incl. 31 SEM pls, 16 photo pls. Gdansk: Gdansk University Press.

    Round, F.E., Crawford, R.M. and Mann, D.G. (1990), The Diatoms, Biology & Morphology of the Genera, pp. 614-615. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

    Silva, J. G., Cardoso, L. d. S., and Torgan, L.C. (2010). Salt Marsh Diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) in South Brazil. Acta bot. bras. 24(4): 935-947.

    Siqueiros Beltrones, D.A., Mart nez, Y.J. & A. Aldana-Moreno (2019). Exploratory floristics of epiphytic diatoms from Revillagigedo Islands (Mexico). Cymbella 5(1): 98-123. http://cymbella.mx

    Totti, C., Cucchiari, E., De Stefano, M., Pennesi, C., Romagnoli, T., & Bavestrello, G. (2007). Seasonal variations of epilithic diatoms on different hard substrates, in the northern Adriatic Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 87(3), 649-658. doi:10.1017/S0025315407054665

    Tynni, R. 1986. Observations of diatoms on the coast of the state of Washington. Geological Survey of Finland, Report of Investigation 75.

    Witkowski A, Lange-Bertalot H, Metzeltin D (2000) Diatom flora of marine coasts I In: Lange-Bertalot H (ed) Iconographia Diatomologica. Annotated Diatom Micrographs. Diversity-Taxonomy-Identification. Vol. 7 A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G., Ruggell, pp. 1–925.

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    mhincz

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    Octubre 30, 2023 a las 12:50 AM EDT

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    Telotroch (free-swimming) phase of a peritrich ciliate. Maybe Vorticellidae? Collected from freshwater stream, 400x magnification.

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    Ciliado (Coleps hirtus)

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    davidfbird

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    Septiembre 26, 2023 a las 02:54 PM EDT

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    Three posterior spines; . 20 longitudinal rows of plates; body fairly plump; length 50 microns. (Noland, Lowell E. 1925. A Review of the Genus Coleps with Descriptions of Two New Species. Trans. Am. Microsc. Soc. 44(1): 3-13.)
    Noland calls them 'micra', an interesting usage which had apparently faded by about 1950.

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    mnold1

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    Octubre 14, 2023 a las 09:10 PM EDT

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    Mag. 100x (4), 400x (1-3)

    • A pond-side water sample (retentate) was taken using a 10µ dip net to enrich for microorganisms. Air temp 58F.

    Heliozoan filled with zoochlorella. Note that shorter spine-scales are bifurcated, which is characteristic of A. turfacea. For information and reference images, see https://arcella.nl/acanthocystis-turfacea/.

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    mnold1

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    Octubre 14, 2023 a las 08:58 AM EDT

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    Mag. 400x

    • A pond-side water sample (retentate) was taken using a 10µ dip net to enrich for microorganisms. Air temp 58F.

    Flat apex. Widest measure, 85µ; collared, round aperture, 18µ. As seen and described here https://arcella.nl/arcella-costata/.

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    mossmatters

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    Octubre 1, 2023 a las 02:17 PM CDT

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    catherine_g

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    Septiembre 21, 2023 a las 01:53 PM CDT

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    nymphidae

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    Febrero 4, 2022 a las 09:19 PM CST

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    mnold1

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    Septiembre 3, 2023 a las 06:22 PM EDT

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    Mag. 400x

    • A water sample was taken on 09/03/2023 from pond-edge using a 10µ dip net to enrich for microbes. Air temp. 80°F.

    Amazingly pink ciliate. For a reference see the observation by Bruce Taylor, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0bDRJTc50c.

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    valve

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    Febrero 14, 2022 a las 11:01 PM UTC

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    freshwater decaying vegetation

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    woodillj

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    Mayo 4, 2023 a las 10:09 AM PDT

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    • sampled from puddle just after rain
    • objective (x10): 200x

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    woodillj

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    Diciembre 17, 2021 a las 10:59 AM PST

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    • from marine sample (sand and water), collected at shoreline
    • objective(s) (x 10): 1000x
    • ID: ELPB-LGT40

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    woodillj

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    Agosto 15, 2021 a las 03:50 PM PDT

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    • from marine sample (sand and water), collected at shoreline
    • objective(s) (x 10): 1000x
    • approximate dimensions: see image 2
    • ID: ELPB-LGT40

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    Vida (Vida)

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    mlankford

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    Agosto 14, 2023 a las 11:13 AM EDT

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    Freshwater pond

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    mlankford

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    Agosto 23, 2023 a las 03:39 PM EDT

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    Fresh water pond

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    mlankford

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    Agosto 29, 2023 a las 09:04 PM EDT

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    Fresh water pond

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    mlankford

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    Agosto 27, 2023 a las 03:53 PM EDT

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    Fresh water pond

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    mnold1

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    Julio 31, 2023 a las 11:20 AM EDT

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    Mag. 100x (1), 400x (2, 3)

    • A pond-side water sample was taken on 07/31/2023 using a 10µ dip net to enrich for microbes. Air temp. 75°F.

    A brobdingnagian-sized Spirogyra in decline!? In the left cell, the ribbon-like chloroplasts (regularly dotted with small round pyrenoids) have "detached" from the cell wall; actually it appears that the ribbons (all ~10µ wide) are enclosed in a membranous bag... perhaps they are attached to this membrane. In the right cell, the chloroplasts are coiled and the surrounding membrane is further contracted compared to the left cell. Also interesting is the size of this 2 cell segment of Spirogyra; at ~150µ wide and ~300µ long, these Spirogyra cells are huge! Yes? ...or Not Spirogyra?... (I estimate at least 10 ribbon chloroplasts per cell. The cell size and # of chloroplasts suggest S. crassa as a possible ID, http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/pdb/images/chlorophyta/Spirogyra/group_A/sp_08.html.)

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    mnold1

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    Julio 31, 2023 a las 09:30 PM EDT

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    Mag. 400x

    • A pond-side water sample was taken on 07/31/2023 using a 10µ dip net to enrich for microbes. Air temp. 75°F.

    As seen here https://www.algaebase.org/search/images/detail/?img_id=18232 and https://www.desmids.nl/maand/english/closterium_acutum.html.

    Apex-Apex = 80µ
    W = 4µ

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    Julio 2021

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    Continued observation of Bird Bath S1. S1 had dried completely 20210628 during a wave of abnormally hot weather. Rain came late in the evening of 20210630. It has remained hydrated since through the occasional rain.

    Vorticella and halteria present in small numbers. No other ciliates observed. Numerous small flagellates. Tetradesmus algae plentiful.

    Another stuck/damaged Halteria demonstrating that the "jumping" movement is indeed more of a fast swimming action.

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    bdstaylor

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    Agosto 14, 2023 a las 12:14 PM EDT

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    Julio 24, 2023 a las 10:37 AM WEST

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    Calamón Pukeko (Común) (Porphyrio melanotus ssp. melanotus)

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    douch

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    Agosto 13, 2023 a las 07:41 AM AEST

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    mnold1

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    Julio 31, 2023 a las 07:32 PM EDT

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    Mag. 400x (1), 100x (2)

    • A pond-side water sample was taken on 07/31/2023 using a 10µ dip net to enrich for microbes. Air temp. 75°F.

    In this sample, colonies with this twisted configuration seemed to outnumber those with a flat arrangement of cells. What are the advantages of the twist? Definitely pretty to view!

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    sambiology

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    Agosto 8, 2023 a las 03:35 PM CDT

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    After a meeting in Arlington, I stopped by River Legacy Park -- NO ONE was here -- it was like 105 degrees though. :-/

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    mnold1

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    Julio 31, 2023 a las 04:29 PM EDT

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    Mag. 400x

    • A pond-side water sample was taken on 07/31/2023 using a 10µ dip net to enrich for microbes. Air temp. 75°F.

    Dead cell of C. candianum. Live specimens were observed in this same water sample, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/176623825.

    L = 42µ
    W = 42µ
    Isthmus = 13µ

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    mnold1

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    Mayo 30, 2023 a las 07:57 PM EDT

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    Mag. 400x

    • periphyton samples were collected by the 2023 Desmid Project team of @karolina et al at Victory Basin sample site 3. (This is a non-desmid observation.)

    Embedded in a mucilaginous sheath. Distinguishing between Nostoc and Anabaena, see http://www.differencebetween.net/science/the-difference-between-nostoc-and-anabaena/.

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    aaron_dp

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    Julio 11, 2023 a las 04:43 PM IST

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    peptolab

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    Junio 3, 2023 a las 06:32 PM EDT

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    Two rotifers, measuring 112 um and 131 um in total length including toes, from the northernmost saprobic edge benthos of the spring-fed freshwater coastal pond at Ocean Dunes Apartments in the Atlantic Double Dunes Preserve. Imaged in Nomarski DIC using Olympus BH2 under SPlan 20x objective plus variable phone cropping on Samsung Galaxy S9+.
    Thanks to Russ Shiel for genus ID. He writes: "Euchlanis_sp. Jeffrey! Long rodlike toes and dorsal and ventral plates separated by a sulcus are characteristic. Cross-section view would help put them in a species. I suspect juvenile and adult of the same sp. Note how the egg inflates her!

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    peptolab

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    Julio 4, 2023 a las 11:34 AM EDT

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    An unusual uninucleate pleurostomatid, maybe a Litonotus or Loxophyllum species from the fine sand sulfidic intertidal benthos of marine estuary Acabonac Harbor imaged in Nomarski DIC on Olympus BH2 using SPlan 40x objective plus variable phone camera cropping on Samsung Galaxy S9+.

    Individuals range from 94 up to 112 um in length. The cell is markedly laterally flattened and the left side is not domed nor does it have ridges or a peripheral flattened band around the cell. The cytoplasm is dark and densely granular except for a clear area along the convex ventral neck and mouth area where trichocysts are present as well as a ciliary mane. The anterior end has a sharp curved beak. There is a single round central macroncleus. There are from one to three small contractile vacuoles in the posterior half of the cell. The only uninucleate pleurostomatid I can find is Loxophyllum unincleatum which has been reclassified Litonotus uninucleatus. As you can see from the below descriptions, my observation differs in many respects: there is no flattened hem around the cell, there is no dome or pleating, there are from 1-3 CV scattered in the posterior half of the cell rather than a single terminal CV. I also showed Litonotus lamella var. uninucleolata Schewiakoff, 1896 from this same sampling site https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/152512218 but this one differs from that species as well in that there are no posterior trichocysts visible. But perhaps this is due to the fact that the ciliates have changed their diet in the specimen container for 5 months.

    Bruce Taylor wrote: "In Song & Wilbert, 1989 L. uninucleatus Foissner, 1978 was renamed L. mononucleatus. This was because Kahl's Loxophyllum uninucleatus was clearly a species of Litonotus, and also different from the organism Foissner described in 1978. As the senior name, Kahl's uninucleatus had priority, so the transfer seemed sound. So far, so good. Then, things got weirder. As you note, Foissner et al. (1995) say that L. mononucleatus sensu Song & Wilbert was misidentified, and is really L. alpestris Foissner, 1978. They also argue that the L. uninucleatus Song & Wilbert describe from Poppelsdorfer is different from Kahl's species (smaller, and from a freshwater source) and argue that it, too, is L. alpestris! So, both uninucleatus sensu Song & Wilbert and mononucleatus are subjective synonyms of L. alpestris (as Vdacny and Rajter say). So, unless I'm getting the rules of nomenclature wrong, Litonotus uninucleatus is still an available name for Kahl's saltwater critter!"

    Kahl 1931 described Loxophyllum uninucleatum 80-100 um, short and broad Litonotus-like, beaked behind with blunt top. Always big macronucleus with a big micronucleus. Wide hem without trichocysts.,Left side folds, right 6-8 rows rough, loosely standing and walking moving cilia. Contractile vacuole at the rear end of the curved surface. Probably only eats euglenae. ver . spreads in stronger salinity (2-2 1/ 2 %) at 0ldesloe, mostly isolated, a few times in large population, polysaprobe, halobiont.

    Carey describes Loxophyllum uninucleatum: Small, elongate, 60-80 um tending to become broad on contraction. The anterior, when extended is seen to be obliquely truncated. The upper surface is domed, the lower surface is pleated. A flattened band is present on both sides of the organism but long trichocysts are conspicuous only in the oral region. A single macronucleus is present together with a single terminal contractile vacuole.

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    mnold1

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    Mayo 30, 2023 a las 10:52 AM EDT

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    Mag. 400x

    • periphyton samples were collected by the 2023 Desmid Project team of @karolina et al at Victory Basin sample site 4.

    Closterium. 1 of 16 similar specimens observed in the S4 Periphyton sample. All have a markedly swelled central region and moderately tapered, rounded apices. The 16 ranged in length from 115µ to 157µ, and in width from 23µ to 25µ. They appear similar in shape to C. leibleinii (as seen here http://www.digicodes.info/Closterium_leibleinii_var_boergesenii.html#2008011003 and https://www.outerhebridesalgae.uk/desmids/desmid-species.php?id=525) or C. dianae brevius (https://www.outerhebridesalgae.uk/desmids/desmid-species.php?id=768) or C. incurvum (https://www.outerhebridesalgae.uk/desmids/desmid-species.php?id=365 and http://www.digicodes.info/Closterium_incurvum.html).
    Regarding the water sample, it was collected on 5/30/2023, stored refrigerated, and evaluated here on 6/17 or 6/18/2023.

    Current specimen
    L = 115µ
    W = 24µ
    L/W = 4.8

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    mnold1

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    Mayo 30, 2023 a las 02:12 PM EDT

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    Mag. 400x

    • sediment samples were collected by the 2023 Desmid Project team of @karolina et al at Victory Basin sample site 3.

    Empty semi-cell of Triploceras gracile. Length of semi-cell, 250µ. Estimated length of intact cell, 500µ. For reference images, see https://www.algaebase.org/search/images/detail/?img_id=26075 and http://www.digicodes.info/Triploceras_gracile_var_denticulatum.html.

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    Lince Americano (Lynx rufus)

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    jjmiller

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    Julio 2020

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    Texas, US (Google, OSM)

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    A kitten. It’s eyes were still blue.

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    Abril 29, 2023 a las 06:33 PM MSK

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    Observation of four specimens of Cryptomonas from the same water sample, made within two days. I am not sure if they belong to the same species, but the cell size and general morphology look very similar.

    1st GIF and Fig.1 - first specimen
    Fig.2 & 3 - second specimen
    Fig. 4 - third specimen
    Fig.5 and the last two GIFs are the fourth specimen

    A water sample was taken from the shore of Srednerogatsky Pond. The air temperature was 14°C (57.2 °F). The sample was stored at room temperature and observed 6 days after collection.

    https://youtu.be/gsvxBqvHrhM

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    djpmapfer

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    Abril 22, 2015

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    One normal colony, one compressed colony

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    djpmapfer

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    Junio 25, 2022 a las 07:52 PM EDT

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    ID by iNat, but I also got to the same end point

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    peptolab

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    Junio 27, 2023 a las 11:13 AM EDT

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    Condylostoma species, probably C. rugosa Kahl 1930-5 from the superficial coarse sand of the intertidal benthos of marine estuary Acabonac Harbor at Louse Point launching ramp. Imaged in Nomarski DIC on Olympus BH2 using SPlan 20x and 40x objectives plus variable phone camera cropping on Samsung Galaxy S9+. This genus is notoriously difficult to identify as to species, but I decided to tackle it and found a sufficiently distinctive character to make the identification.

    The cell measures 450 um in length and is slightly contractile when I tap on the slide. Shape elongated ellipsoidal, dorsoventrally flattened, anterior end truncated and very slightly slanted left side, posterior end gradually tapered and narrowly rounded, widest in mid-body. Oral cavity wide but not deep terminating in a wavy triangular pharynx, with transversely striated inner wall. Macronucleus very poorly visualized despite employing various contrast and magnification regimens but appears to be moniliform. The cortex is the most distinctive feature, very flexible and slightly contractile, appears markedly rugose with pellicle formed into discrete raised rectangles. Cytoplasm colorless containing several food vacuoles in various states of formation, no contractile vacuole seen. Based on the pellicle features, this is most likely Condylostoma rugusa Kahl 1930-5 (Kahl called it C. rugosum). My specimen, at 450 um in length, is somewhat larger than the 350 um length reported by Kahl and Carey.

    Strangely, Kahl depicts but does not describe the rugose pellcle with raised rectangles. "Condylostoma rugosum spec. n. (Fig. p. 454, 7). size 300- 350 um., colorless, varyingly slender (Fig. 7 shows a rather broad form); rear± distinct and ± long retracted. Frontal cirri are apparently absent or are very weak. Not uncommon in the sapropel of a sea moat on Sylt". Carey 1992 lists this species and describes it thus:" Elongate, with a rounded posterior, 350 um long. The peristome is wide but not particularly deep. The macronucleus is moniliform. The surface of the body is rugose with the pellicle formed into discrete raised rectangles. A contractile vacuole appears to be absent".

    1. A. Kahl; [Urtiere oder Protozoa I: Wimpertiere oder Ciliata (Infusoria) 3. Spirotricha]. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile. Germany:Verlag von Gustav Fischer. (3), 1932 pp 454-5
    2. Carey, Philip G. Marine Interstitial Ciliates: An Illustrated Key. Chapman & Hall. pp159, 290.

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    Sapo Nebuloso (Incilius nebulifer)

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    rednat

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    Junio 2023

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    Texas, US (Google, OSM)

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    Well fed!

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    bdstaylor

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    Junio 23, 2023 a las 09:06 AM EDT

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    A few more specimens of Ileonema dispar, the type species of the genus, which, as far as I know, has not been recorded since it was discovered by Stokes in 1884. It is differentiated from I. simplex by its flagellar process, which, in the species Stokes describes, is in two distinct parts, thick at the base and finely filamentous at the distal end (Stokes, 1884; Penard, 1922; Kahl, 1930). This is reflected in the name of the species, "dispar" (=unequal). Stokes also describes the species as having two contractile vacuoles in the posterior, an arrangement that would be extremely odd for a trachelophyllid ciliate. In several specimens, I observed some compartmentalization in the posterior vesicle, which could easily be read as two separate vacuoles adjacent to the "anal pore." See image #4.

    The flagellar process is retractable, and its appearance is quite variable. The division of this organelle into two distinct parts--which I did not see in every specimen--strikes me as a weak character. As I noted in my previous observation, I think there is some reason to think that I. simplex should be considered a junior synonym of I. dispar (or possibly a variant, or sub-species).

    I caught one in fission, and have included two images of the dividers.

    I also watched an individual eating a huge clump of debris containing living and dead algae. This observation, and the contents of the cytoplasm in other individuals, lead me to think the critter lives by consuming small round green algae.

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    douch

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    Junio 24, 2023 a las 10:17 PM AEST

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    Bright-field microscopy. In brackish mangrove mud.

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    Febrero 24, 2021 a las 06:58 PM -03

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    Caza a sus presas con sus "tentáculos", los cuales se adhieren como pegamento a la presa, como se puede apreciar en la segunda imagen. Sus proyecciones no son rígidas como las de los heliozoos, sin embargo no lo descarto

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    rcjones

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    Marzo 7, 2023 a las 06:16 PM EST

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    In peterson bmp. Shown with zygotes

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    bibimoncada

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    Abril 30, 2023 a las 09:43 PM CEST

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    With conjugation tube