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Field Notes

Description:

Even my freshwater ecology tutors and lecturer were a bit stumped. It was basically a green sphere that would move around really quickly. Some kind of protozoa, just got no idea what exactly.

Habitat:

Freshwater man made lake amongst pond scum

Notes:

Viewed under a compound microscope at 40x magnification

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (6)
SukanyaDatta
The reason I said Volvox is because it is green, a sphere and flagellated which means it moves fast...but the last time I saw one was decades back :) Good luck with your ID.
JennytheTurtle
Well, it's some protozoa of some type. I agree, my tutor and I may be wrong. I'm just going off what my tutor said. But I've never seen a plant that was this energetic. That's why I don't think it's a plant.
JennytheTurtle
No I dont think so. I definitely think its an animal and not a plant.
SukanyaDatta
Not Volvox I take it? Hazy memories of Biology class decades ago in school.

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Mission
Flora & Fauna of New South Wales
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PublishedAugust 28, 2014

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