Seed Shrimp
Euglena
Nematode
Paramecium
Litonotus
The paramecium was found within the plant material. The nematode, seed shrimp, and euglena are very quick at moving. They were all seen with a 4X objective. The litonotus was seen with a 10X objective. It could stretch part of its body to be about 7x its body length (Dr. Kenneth McFarland, personal communications).
I also found and identified:
Cyclops
Vorticella
Rotifer
The cyclops is a crustacean and has two antennae-like structures coming from its head. It is tear drop in shape with two thin flagella. Vorticella look like small bathroom plungers. I took at picture of them in a small grouping (Rainis,1996). Also, I took a picture of a rotifer (Rainis, 1996). They appear to have a mouth and a foot. The ones I saw were about as round as they were long. Take note of the pictures below. The first is a rotifer and the second is of vorticellas.
Rainis KG, Russell BJ. Guide to Microlife. 1st ed. Danbury (CT): Grolier Publishing; 1996. 104-204.
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