Detritus worms are nematodes which can be seen commonly in aquariums.
Tag: aquatic
Rotifer
This is a type of rotifer (monogonota) with a single flagella which looks like a tail,
Ciliate and Algae
(the brown colored oval shaped structure is the ciliate)
Cabomba plant
This is the picture of secondary laterals of cambomba plant
Chaetogaster
It is a type of annelid
Micrasterias
It is a type of green algae
Microscope view of Salvinia leaf
This is the picture of a salvinia , an aquatic plant( in brown colour)
Flat worm
This is a type of a flat worm, it is aquatic
Aquatic Flat worm
These are the photos of a flat worm
Salt ponds and marshes of the San Francisco Bay
Former salt ponds in the San Francisco Bay are being restored into tidal marshes. We visited a few of these sites and found some incredible critters there!
Wiggly Water Bears
This charismatic creature is called a tardigrade (also known as a water bear). The scientific name for the animal shown here is Hypsibius exemplaris. These amazing animals were kindly provided to the Marine Biological Laboratory’s Embryology Class during Summer 2018 by Dr. Bob Goldstein from UNC Chapel Hill. Dr. Goldstein’s lab has turned these resilient…
Aquatic Fern found at Loktak Lake, Manipur
Student Name: Anjali Manoj College/School: CMR National PU College, ITPL, Bangalore. Specimen: Salvinia sp. Specimen collected from: Loktak Lake, Manipur on 2nd December, 2018 Specimen observed at: CMR National PU College at ITPL, Bangalore on 7th December, 2018 On the 2nd of December, I had collected a leaf and root hair of floating aquatic plant specimen near one…
Brine Shrimp in SF Bay
First time using the WordPress app: On my way back from helping a high school in Menlo Park with SDS-PAGE gel imaging I stopped off at Bedwell Bay Front Park to check out some of the salt ponds. The super salty ponds didn’t have any obvious signs of life but I did find a pond…
Mosquito larva ?
I just assembled my Foldscope two nights ago and because of work hadn’t had a chance to go in the field and find something, so I decided to look at what might be growing in a bath water recycling system I have on my porch. I was expecting to find the usual suspects that I…