observation 2; week of October 27th

This week i saw a few of the same rotifers from last week, including several Euchlanis macrura, but i saw a new organism. I identified the organism with "Guide to Microlife" as being in the genus Halteria. It is a Protist that is found in ponds, bogs, and open waters, and it is much smaller than the rotifers.  This organism was transparent, therefore most of its organelles were visible under the microscope.  It has a round body with a groove at the top of its body and it bounces around very quickly. It has groups of three long, pointed cirri around the mid section of its body, and a group of fairly long cilia around its mouth.