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Basically, they explosively contract into their little shell! <br>(However, tapping the plate or changing light won't induce this response, so what its trigger is remains uncertain.) | Basically, they explosively contract into their little shell! <br>(However, tapping the plate or changing light won't induce this response, so what its trigger is remains uncertain.) | ||
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[[File:RecoveringDifflugia.png]] a recovering ''Difflugia'' | [[File:RecoveringDifflugia.png]] a recovering ''Difflugia'' | ||
Revision as of 06:38, 17 November 2016
Here are some further images from the Hackuarium's old scope of Moss Menagerie creatures
They were observed at a 200x magnification and the images just taken simply through the ocular with my phone, then cropped...):
a Difflugia (?), on the move...
another Difflugia, or maybe a Corythion (?)
These Swiss Difflugia have also been observed having a sort of 'startle' response, from which they recover...
Basically, they explosively contract into their little shell!
(However, tapping the plate or changing light won't induce this response, so what its trigger is remains uncertain.)
a startled one, fully retracted in its shell
a recovering Difflugia
maybe an empty Corythion test (?) with spikes!
This sort of rotifer can be very abundant, and is likely a Bdelloid type... They are fun to see move (very stretchy, with posterior attachment site)!
The ciliates can go very fast, so it is hard to show their cilia, which are just visible in this image...
hope to link to a video of a water bear here!
(thanks for getting the new cultures, Vanessa! after your old one was poisoned by some Anabaena toxin...)