Compilation of microorganisms from an inner city pond #science #microscope #underthemicroscope

I found all these organisms out of a single sample! That smelly five gallon bucket is still by my microscope

1. Check out this feeding worm!! It's throwing its pharynx out to snatch up food. That would be like us tossing out our throat to take a bite of food. Oh the possibilities...

2. Next is one of those house building rotifers.Depending on the species they either build their home with debris or poop. That's a pretty big difference.

3. Some beautiful sessile peritrichs. My sample is loaded with these things. Every surface has white fuzz that seems to shrink back if you touch it.

4. Next is an amoeba with super spiky filopodia.
Maybe in the genus Leptophrys. Someone will tell us/ correct me.

5. Last, some very fancy green algae (Pediastrum)