researcher88 Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 Hi , does anyone know what is this microorganism? It is a slug like organism which swims in the water and may also walk on algae It has two fan-like structures on its head which spins to catch food particles. The picture provided is at 100X under my microscope. Can't capture full body because it keeps on moving around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paramecium Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 If it fan like structure keep spinning and that structure is made by cillia, it could be rotifers, the most smaller multicellular animals in the world. But i suggest it only from your description, from picture it is very hard to say what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokele Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 I agree, it sounds very much like a rotifer, from the description. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
researcher88 Posted July 17, 2005 Author Share Posted July 17, 2005 Thanks for identifying the following organism. A friend of mine suggested the types of rotifers to me so I did some further research and concluded that it’s a Philodina rotifer. More pictures and information can be seen in detail from the following link: http://www.micrographia.com/specbiol/rotife/homebdel/bdel01ph.htm Here is an anatomy of this organism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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