Sample collected near larch mountain in a small fen. Benthic substrate is nearly all woody fluff where sample was collected.
https://youtube.com/shorts/gxmoLCpz94U
https://youtube.com/watch?v=y7MCi-b4Ym4
Video : https://youtu.be/Z1Fel19nC1w
Size: 99 µm in length, 80 µm in width
Site of sample collection: Pavilion, Takamori Ryokuchi (a freshwater habitat), Sendai, Japan
Date of sample collection: July 2nd 2022
Weather: Sunny
Water temp.: 27.1°C
pH 6.6
Date of observation: July 2nd 2022
Bright field observation using a Wraymer microscope (model BX-3500TL, Osaka, Japan) equipped with a Floyd-2 HDMI ethernet digital camera (Wraymer, Osaka, Japan). The accuracy of the scale bar was confirmed by using a stage micrometer glass slide (1 div. = 10 µm; Wraymer, Osaka, Japan) at each magnification.
From a vernal pool sample. Shot at 40x total magnification but cropped (see last picture for uncropped scale inside a water flea exoskeleton). Very active, swimming fast.
Bright-field light microscopy. Composite of two images. In algae at edge of lake.
Water sample taken from a stock tank of freshwater on 2023-06-23 using a turkey baster.
Images:
Video of egg hatching: https://youtu.be/-0KXoNNq2Xc
Water sample taken from the stagnate edge of a freshwater playa on 2023-06-21 using a turkey baster.
Water sample collected from the river San Pedro, Meoqui, Chihuahua, at the indicated location.
The sample was collected on January 22th at 07:50. The images were collected on January 24th.
Water sample collected from the river San Pedro, Meoqui, Chihuahua, at the indicated location.
The sample was collected on January 25th at 14:41 and images were acquired the next day.
Water sample collected from the river San Pedro, Meoqui, Chihuahua, at the indicated location.
The sample was collected on January 25th at 14:41 and images were acquired the next day.
Water sample collected from the river San Pedro, Meoqui, Chihuahua, at the indicated location.
This sample was collected on January 16th at 10:17 and images were acquired on January 18th.
body length, excluding tail 619 mircrons