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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.
Freshwater man made lake amongst pond scum
Viewed under a compound microscope at 40x magnification
Spotted on Aug 28, 2014
Submitted on Aug 28, 2014
6 Comments
Oh I see. Perhaps it might be then. Thanks
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.
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.
A green animal!!!
No I dont think so. I definitely think its an animal and not a plant.
Not Volvox I take it? Hazy memories of Biology class decades ago in school.