ALGAL ECOSYSTEM – ROTIFERS – 2

Sep 25, 2016 • 2:33 AM UTC

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Hello everyone .
A long gap after my last post , but the algai sample still keeps me one place observing the diversity it is supporting from ciliates to rotifers and much more.
here is a macro photo of the wall from which i got the sample

Following in the post are a few more videos of differnt types of rotifers from this sample
All videos are shot using a 140x lens and maximum digital zoom of my cell phone.
Following two videos have probably Bdelloid rotifers we can see the external morphology and a few internal details.

in this video we can see that the rotifer has eaten some algae.(dont know what those circular things are)

Next set of videos have a probable monogonont rotifer and the first one i dont know exactly what it might be . (Infact i dont know if any of my classifications is correct but i have tried based on what i could find …looking forward for corrections of my mistakes) . These like to move freely i.e without attaching themselves to anything , unlike many other rotifers, so difficult to shoot as they are quicker but finally found one that was somehow not moving that fast

This one i hardly managed to recognize as a rotifer . we can see its gut and many internal details and also the moving apparatus near its mouth part is clear enough . (Looking at it i initially thought that this might be the reason why its called a ROTIFERA..)

the beating thing is that the wheel organ??
The next video has all these three types of rotifers in the same field.

And finally a few photos i thought were worth a click. .

This is all for today … ENJOY FOLDSCOPING.

ALGAL ECOSYSTEM – ROTIFERS – 2

avinash

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