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!!!

Tellis Jennifer

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