week 4; Nov. 11

This week, I noticed a new micro-organism that I haven't seen in my micro-observatory before.  It was a long, caterpillar-looking organism.  According to "Guide to Microlife" the organism is Annelida stylaria.  Its body was covered with bristles and it was squirming around near various types of plant life.  The body of Annelida stylaria was transparent and its organelles were visible; also, you could see parts of the plants that it was eating flow through its body.  Its internal organs varied in color.  Its body was divided into segments, having a long, trunk-like appendage called a proboscis on the end of its head.  *I have attached pictures of some of the previous organisms observed in my micro-aquarium. 

observation 3; week of November 3

The above image is one of a Euchlanis macrura which was taken the first week.

This is a picture of one of several Noleus quadricornis that I observed in my 

micro-aquarium the first week.

When I observed my micro-observatory for the third time, I didn't notice too much change.  I saw a fairly large number of the tiny,transparent Protists from the genus Halteria.  The one new organism that I did notice was a Volvox.  I recognized it from lab earlier that day when we observed several different organisms, including Volvox.  They were circular in shape and generally the same size as the rotifers that I noticed during my first observation.  They were somewhat transparent, allowing me to see a variety of different microscopic organelles.  I noticed a couple large, bright green colored clumps that made up daughter colonies.  Also, I could observe other organelles that I think were the zygote and the egg.  It is covered with numerous small flagella that allow it to move, all though it did not move around very quickly.  These flagella were surrounded by a gelatinous matrix that served the purpose of protecting the countless flagella.