Jennifer Tellis

Date
 
 : 7th Jul 2018
 
 
 Place
 
 : Life Science Lab, St Xavier’s College, Mumbai
 
 
 Description
 
 : Getting used to handling the Foldscope using permanent slides.

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 Fern Rhizome
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 Frog Blood
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 TS of Mammalian Thyroid
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Permanent Slide Study

Place: Maharashtra Nature Park, Mumbai, India.


 Description: I went on a field visit as a part of a group to
observe various water ecosystems. I collected a water sample from an artificial
water body made for the purpose of rain water harvesting. And this is what I
saw in a single drop- something, or rather
 
 someone
 
 floating! Further,
literature helped in the identification of this little creature.


 Observations:

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 Fig.: Cosmarium observed under Foldscope
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 Empire: Eukaryota


 Kingdom:
Plantae


 Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae


 Infrakingdom:
Streptophyta infrakingdom


 Phylum:
Charophyta


 Class:
Conjugatophyceae (Zygnematophyceae)


 Order:
Desmidiales


 Family:
Desmidiaceae

 Genus: Cosmarium



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What&#8217;s floating???

Place: Maharashtra Nature Park, Mumbai, India.


 Description: I went on a field visit as a part of a group to
observe various water ecosystems. I collected a water sample from a lotus pond.
And I saw some kind of movement in the water which wasn’t clear due to
insufficient resolution. Hence, I observed the same sample under compound light
microscope and observed this!


 Observations:

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 Observed under Foldscope
 
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 Macrothrix under compound microscope
 
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 Kingdom:
 
 
 Animalia


 
 
 Phylum:
 
 
 Arthropoda


 
 
 Subphylum:
 
 
 Crustacea


 
 
 Class:
 
 
 Branchiopoda


 
 
 Subclass:
 
 
 Diplostraca


 
 
 Infraclass:
 
 
 Cladoceromorpha


 
 
 Superorder:
 
 
 Cladocera


 
 
 Order:
 
 
 Anomopoda


 
 
 Family:
 
 
 Macrothricidae


 
 
 Genus:
 
 
 Macrothrix





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Macrothrix, is that you? Peekaboo!!!

Place: Maharashtra Nature Park, Mumbai, India.


 Description: I went on a field visit as a part of a group to observe various water ecosystems. I collected a water sample from a lotus pond. And I found many of these little creatures making their way in the water. Have a look!


 Observations:

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 Fig.: Urocentrum observed under Foldscope
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 Kingdom:
 
 
 Chromista


 
 
 Subkingdom:
 
 
 Harosa


 
 
 Infrakingdom:
 
 
 Alveolata


 
 
 Phylum:
 
 
 Ciliophora


 
 
 Subphylum:
 
 
 Intramacronucleata


 
 
 Infraphylum:
 
 
 Ventrata


 
 
 Class:
 
 
 Oligohymenophorea


 
 
 Subclass::
 
 
 Peniculia


 
 
 Order:
 
 
 Peniculida


 
 
 Family:
 
 
 Urocentridae


 
 
 Genus:
 
 
 Urocentrum

Jennifer Tellis

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Posts

Permanent Slide Study

What’s floating???

Macrothrix, is that you? Peekaboo!!!

“Protists rule the water”- Urocentrum

Locations

Statistics

Type of Sample

Foldscope Lens Magnification