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 Oikopleura dioca
 
 , the appendicularians are hermaphrodites and the gonads occupy a relatively large part of the body in mature individuals, sometimes producing the curvature of the trunk of the animal. The length of the tail is three times the length of the body. The tail has a neural chord or notochord, covered by a well-developed musculature. On both sides of the tail there could be subchordal and amphichordal cells, which are absent in some species, depending on the family.

Oikopleura

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 Cyclops are tiny crustaceans of the family Cyclopidae, also called water fleas. They are usually found in stagnant bodies of fresh water such as wells and ponds in poor agricultural communities in rural or periurban areas. Cyclops are just visible (0.5–2 mm) and can be recognized by their jerky mode of swimming. They feed on plankton and other small aquatic organisms. Their life cycle is adapted to their natural habitat in ponds and other accumulations of stagnant water.

Cyclops

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 The scyphistoma is a sessile, larval (non-reproductive) stage of
 
 Aurelia
 
 , which in time turns into a strobila. Scyphistoma sometime multiplies by budding from stolons. After some time scyphistoma undergoes transverse fission at its oral end, a process called strobilation.  .

An Aurelia scyphistoma

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 Chaetomorpha Algae
 
 , also known as Spaghetti
 
 Algae
 
 or Green Hair
 
 Algae
 
 , is an excellent macro
 
 algae
 
 for refugiums. …
 
 Chaetomorpha Algae
 
 removes both phosphates and nitrates from the water.

Microscopic image of Chaetomorpha algae

Vertebral Column of Chick embryo &#8211; Permanent slide

Pollen of Cannon ball flower

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 Eyes of lucifer- a prominent part of body
 
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Lucifer

Stomata of Periwinkle leaf

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 Drosophila melanogaster,
 
 red eyed, wild type. It is widely used for biological research in
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Common Fruit Fly

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 The presence of black, powdery spore masses of the fungus between the outer fleshy scale and the adjacent papery scale or between the layers of papery scales. The spore masses are usually heaviest around the neck of the onion and have a tendency to follow the veins down the sides. On onions with thin or light papery scales these spore masses are usually visible through the scales. Onions that have black mold between the scales are very susceptible to Black Mold Rot.
 

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Fungus on rotten onion

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 Spirogyra is commonly found in clean water and it produces food through the process of photosynthesis. Usually, spirogyra algae are seen as floating slimy masses, during summer. They are often referred to as ‘scum’.
 
 Spirogyra
 
 is a genus of green algae that belong to the order
 
 Zygnematales
 
 . These free-flowing, filamentous algae are characterized by ribbon-shaped chloroplasts that are arranged in a helical manner inside the cells. So the name is derived from the spiral arrangement of chloroplasts in these algae. This feature is unique to this genus, which has around 400 species.

Spirogyra

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 The eye arrangement can be a key factor when identifying spiders to family, and sometimes to genus, but are almost never useful in identifying to species. For identifying to species, spinnerets and leg details (especially first and 4th legs) are also useful. However, the best thing anyone can do is to get an extreme closeup of a male palp or the underside of a female abdomen, and have them examined by an expert.

Spider

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 Chironomidae, also known as Chironomids, belongs to phylum Arthropoda “. Larval stages are found in almost any aquatic or semiaquatic habitat. Larvae are bright red in color due to presence of hemoglobin; these are frequently known as “bloodworms”. Observed the thoracic basal ring of the larvae.

Observed live Chironomus Larvae under Foldscope

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Crystals of copper sulphate

Oikopleura

Cyclops

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Microscopic image of Chaetomorpha algae

Vertebral Column of Chick embryo – Permanent slide

Pollen of Cannon ball flower

Lucifer

Stomata of Periwinkle leaf

Common Fruit Fly

Fungus on rotten onion

Spirogyra

Spider

Observed live Chironomus Larvae under Foldscope

Crystals of copper sulphate

Oikopleura

Cyclops

An Aurelia scyphistoma

Microscopic image of Chaetomorpha algae

Vertebral Column of Chick embryo – Permanent slide

Pollen of Cannon ball flower

Lucifer

Stomata of Periwinkle leaf

Common Fruit Fly

Fungus on rotten onion

Spirogyra

Spider

Observed live Chironomus Larvae under Foldscope

Crystals of copper sulphate

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