Microscopy on ZOE Fluorescent Imager
Microscopy on ZOE Fluorescent Imager
Tentative ID: C. closteroides var. closteroides
Sample taken on 22.10.23
Size: 666 µm x 44 µm
Site of sample collection: Pavilion, Takamori Higashi Park (a freshwater habitat), Sendai, Japan
Date of sample collection: October 5th, 2024
Weather: Sunny
Water temp.: 21.8°C
pH 6.2-6.3 (pH test paper)
Date of observation: October 12th, 2024
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.
Probably a long shot guess. Quite small, seen at 400x mag. Vaguely reminded me of trachelomonas but maybe it's nothing.
From sample taken October 19, 2024.
from sample taken October 11, 2024 from the edge of the Sandy River.
From sample taken October 19, 2024.