I found a Ciliate!

[Cyclops]

Raking thru that mucky water I kept coming across this fast moving ciliate/rotifer. It was moving far too fast get a single shot of with my phone so I made a movie of it instead!
Sorry about the orange tint, must have forgot to set white balance!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLpu0gzYXps

[crocoite]

" A view of a rotifer or cilliate whizzing..."

No wonder the water was murky!

[beetleman]

I am going to guess it is a rotifer, (by the way it is moving?) like one of these from Wims` webpage.
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/wim ... rotif.html

[Cyclops]

I am going to guess it is a rotifer, (by the way it is moving?) like one of these from Wims` webpage.
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/wim ... rotif.html

Yea doug, I reckon thats pretty close! Now tell me something, the names rotifers and ciliates are interchangeable right-rotifers have cilia to either move or catch food, and many ciliates are rotifers. Its a bit like that old cacti and suculents reminder I think-all cacti are succulent but not all succulents are cacti.(Actually there are a few non-succulent cacti but thats another story!)
What gets me tho is how do people get such images of such fast moving creatures-I couldnt keep up with this one and i was using a relatively low power!

[beetleman]

Well, Ciliates are listed unter the Protistan phyla I think because they are one celled. Rotifers are under the Metazoan (animals) Phyla because the are multcelled, so I would say the are not ciliates.

[bernhardinho]

Yea doug, I reckon thats pretty close! Now tell me something, the names rotifers and ciliates are interchangeable right-rotifers have cilia to either move or catch food, and many ciliates are rotifers.


What bad guy told you that, for heavens sake????

Please look here (if no good book is available): http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html

Look for Pond Life ID Kit. It will provide a first glimpse at microlife in freshwater.

Keep it up!!

Bernhard