The colpopid Ciliate Cyrtolophosis mucicola

[Ariel Qassis]

Here is a video of The colpodid Ciliate Cyrtolophosis mucicola amongst various euglenoids
Inverted, 40x, open coverslip, 3x crop.
Many other new videos on my channel as well.
Thanks for watching!

[tlansing]

Hi Ariel,

Very nice video.  I am curious what diagnostic criteria you used to identify this ciliate.

Best wishes,
Tim

[Ariel Qassis]

Thank you Tim!
Well, since its a loricate one, it narrows the possibilities.
Besides that, we should look for size, nuclei, oral apparatus, CV, ciliature and other prominent features.
Browsing the relevant ciliates narrowed it to Cyrtolophosis mucicola.
You can compare it to the one at Dr. Kreutz's site:
https://realmicrolife.com/cyrtolophosis-mucicola/