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23-05-2009, 09:37 AM
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| | | what on earth is this?
I am really glad that there is a 'water life' forum because I have no idea where I'd put this otherwise!! Can't even work out if its animal or vegetable!
Its reminiscent of the tuby wormy things you get on coral reef but this is in a tyre rut in Devon.................   |
23-05-2009, 10:05 AM
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Hi Gill
Could these colonies be Rhipidodendron Flagellates that live in acidic waters?
or a tube building rotifer? How tall were the tube colonies?
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23-05-2009, 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by The Woodman  Hi Gill
Could these colonies be Rhipidodendron Flagellates that live in acidic waters?
or a tube building rotifer? How tall were the tube colonies? | well is was quite acidic in those parts and the tubes were maybe 4cm tall? Perhaps a little taller
so a rotifer..... my biology degree feels a long time ago! it that a single celled organism? Or a worm? |
23-05-2009, 10:33 AM
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I think 4 cms is too tall for Rhipidodendron. In your close up you can see the fanned feeding tentacles of the organism. I did wonder about tubifex worms but can't remember seeing colonies like those.
Not much help to you but very interesting images. |
23-05-2009, 05:05 PM
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I saw that fan too and thought the same thing but I think on closer inspection i think its a dandelion seed!  |
23-05-2009, 05:13 PM
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What extraordinary pictures Gill. I'll follow this thread with interest. Perhaps you've made a new discovery to science!! 
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24-05-2009, 09:14 AM
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Deceiving little devils, those dandelion seeds, aren't they? I can make out the stalk and seed head now!
I've had a close study of your close up and it appears to me that there are a number of the tubes showing the red end of a worm larva which do look like Tubifex or similar.
Here's hoping someone with a knowledge of such things might come along soon. I'll do a bit more digging. I have a mate in the FBA up the road who knows about such things. |
28-05-2009, 07:00 PM
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Anyone els got any ideas on these things? Or know of an organisation I could ask about them? I even dreamt about these the other day! |
28-05-2009, 07:32 PM
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I have forwarded your images to a contact at the Freshwater Biological Assn. and am awaiting a comment, will post as soon as I know anything. |
28-05-2009, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by The Woodman I have forwarded your images to a contact at the Freshwater Biological Assn. and am awaiting a comment, will post as soon as I know anything. | Oh wow brilliant thankyou! I'll look forward to finding out if they are tubifexi type things  | | | |
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