40x DIC
getting a little compressed by the coverslip
Steve
Halteria (I think)
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- Robert Berdan
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Halteria
Hi nice photos - it looks likes like Halteria grandinella to me - one of the fastest protists I have ever seen. This organism can move hundreds of times its body length in less then a second and often disappears out of the field of view when observing with a light microscope. Their is research in the speed of the cilia see
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15754357
I am going to try and attach a diagram of Halteria from Curds 1982
Cheers
RB
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15754357
I am going to try and attach a diagram of Halteria from Curds 1982
Cheers
RB
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