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Ciliates
Single‑celled organisms covered in rows of beating cilia; ciliates are agile swimmers and active grazers that drive much of the microbial life in freshwater ecosystems.
Genus Amphileptus
Notes:
- Size: length 330µ – width 80µ
- Habitat: TTP Cell 1
- Comments: Collected on March 10, 2021
Genus Aspidisca
Notes:
- Size: diameter 30µ
- Habitat: TTP Cell 1
- Comments: Collected January 14, 2021
Codonella cratera
Notes:
- Size: length: 100µ
- Habitat: TTP Cell 1
- Comments: Collected on March 30, 2021
Complex Stylonychia mytilus
Notes:
- Size: length 100µ
- Habitat: TTP Cell 1
- Comments: Collected on April 10, 2021
Family Colepidae
Notes:
- Size: length 60µ – width 30µ
- Habitat: TTP Cell 1
- Comments: Collected on April 10, 2021
Family Spathidiidae
Notes:
- Size: length 60µ – width 30µ
- Habitat: TTP Cell 1
- Comments: Collected on January 14, 2021
Family Trachelophyllidae
Notes:
- Size: Length 150µ->250µ
- Habitat: TTP Cell 1
- Comments: Collected on April 10, 2021
Family Vorticellidae
Notes:
- Size:
- Habitat: TTP Cell 1
- Behaviour: While observing it detached from its stalk and began swimming freely.
- Comments: Collected on January 14, 2021
Genus Cyclidium
Notes:
- Size: length 20µ
- Habitat: TTP Cell 1
- Comments: Collected on January 14, 2021
Genus Holophrya
Notes:
- Size: length 140µ
- Habitat: TTP Cell 1
- Comments: Collected on May 27, 2021
Genus Loxodes
Notes:
- Size: length 190µ
- Habitat: TTP Cell 1
- Comments: Collected on April 10, 2021
Genus Loxodes
Notes:
- Size: length 200µ
- Habitat: TTP Cell 1
- Comments: Collected on April 10, 2021
Genus Paramecium
Notes:
- Size: length 250µ – width 65µ
- Habitat: TTP Cell 1
- Comments: Collected on January 14,2021
Genus Urotricha
Notes:
- Size: diameter 20µ
- Habitat: TTP Cell 1
- Comments: Collected on April 23, 2021. Has apical cytopharnyx and caudal cilium. The shape is consistent with U. farcta.
Genus Vaginicola
Notes:
- Size: length 60µ – width 30µ
- Habitat: TTP Cell 1
- Comments: Collected on April 10, 2021
Hypotrich Subclass Hypotrichia
Notes:
- Size: length 110µ – width 60µ
- Habitat: TTP Cell 1
- Comments: Collected on April 10, 2021
Complex Uroleptus limnetis
Notes:
- Size: length 125µ
- Habitat: TTP Cell 1
- Comments: Collected on March 14, 2021
Hypotrich Subclass Hypotrichia
Notes:
- Size: length 300µ
- Habitat: TTP Cell 1
- Comments: Collected on August 27, 2021
Complex Paramecium bursaria
Notes:
- Size: length 100µ – width 50µ
- Habitat: TTP Cell 1
- Comments: Collected on January 14, 2021
Stentor roeselii
Notes:
- Size: length 320µ
- Habitat: TTP Cell 1
- Comments: Collected January 14, 2021
Urocentrum turbo
Notes:
- Size: length 80µ – width 40µ
- Habitat: TTP Cell 1
- Comments: Collected on August 27, 2021