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Originally Posted by taricha
Pretty sure those are ciliates - euplotes maybe (Google images of "hypotrich ciliates" for others in that family)
Here's a hypotrich ciliate of some variety from one of my samples that had a taste for amphidinium dinos. I mis-ID'd it as euplotes at the time.
https://youtu.be/f5VctFNP_zs
Most ciliates eat primarily bacteria, but some eat and thrive on larger particles including dinos. And under the right conditions the ciliates can curb the dino population. |
After looking at some images, i'd agree with that ID. Thanks!