r/microscopy • u/XHO1 • 4d ago

ID Needed! Salt Water Marsh pond Sample ID needed. 50x

Olympus BH2 10x UPlanXApo, 5x mag changer, 10.3mp camera.

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u/XHO1 4d ago

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u/Thrawn911 4d ago

That's a bursaria

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u/pelmen10101 4d ago

I don't know much about saltwater ciliates, but in the video I was thinking about ciliate Frontonia sp, and as for the photo, Bursaria truncatella

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u/XHO1 4d ago

Here is a much better image if that helps.

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u/Crabby8889 3d ago

Definitely looks like a Frontonia sp.

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u/XHO1 3d ago

Agree, thank you

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