Is it a rotifer ?

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Author: Martin
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 10:12

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Hello,

I know this posting is not appropriate here but protistologists are in a 
better position than most biologists to give a sound advice about 
organisms living in the microscopical world.

So, I recently found in a small freshwater pond something that is 
probably a rotifer but one of a special kind I never saw before.  If 
somebody could give me a hint about its exact nature, that would be 
greatly appreciated.

The beast (photos and a movie) can be seen on:
http://www.umce.ca/cours/martin/microscopy

Thanks in advance.
Marti

Re: Is it a rotifer ?

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Author: Martin
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:59

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As a matter of fact, this organism was a rotifer of the genus 
Collotheca.  Thanks to Dr. Nomdedeu.  Thereafter, I was able to find a 
lot of infos about that genus on the web (even very nice movies of 
different species).  I will try to determine the species with some 
publications and papers on rotifers in Canada of which I found the 
references.

Martin

Martin a �crit :
> Hello,
> 
> I know this posting is not appropriate here but protistologists are in a 
> better position than most biologists to give a sound advice about 
> organisms living in the microscopical world.
> 
> So, I recently found in a small freshwater pond something that is 
> probably a rotifer but one of a special kind I never saw before.  If 
> somebody could give me a hint about its exact nature, that would be 
> greatly appreciated.
> 
> The beast (photos and a movie) can be seen on:
> http://www.umce.ca/cours/martin/microscopy
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> Marti
>

Re: Is it a rotifer ?

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Author: Martin
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:32

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Collotheca ornata is a name suggested by Dr. Nomdedeu and this site

http://www.cladocera.de/rotifera/taxonomy/col.html

shows photos of this species which is quite similar to what I saw.

Martin



Martin a �crit :
> Hello,
> 
> I know this posting is not appropriate here but protistologists are in a 
> better position than most biologists to give a sound advice about 
> organisms living in the microscopical world.
> 
> So, I recently found in a small freshwater pond something that is 
> probably a rotifer but one of a special kind I never saw before.  If 
> somebody could give me a hint about its exact nature, that would be 
> greatly appreciated.
> 
> The beast (photos and a movie) can be seen on:
> http://www.umce.ca/cours/martin/microscopy
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> Marti
>

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