Friday, October 25, 2013

Week 2

BLOG 2

List of organisms
1. Euchlanis sp. rotifer
2. Litonotus sp. 
3. Coleps sp.


This week in observations I observed many small ant like things moving. When I got a closer look I discovered that their were live rotifers. Below is a picture of the Euchlanis sp. rotifer (Pennak, 1932). This organism moved in a jerky motion and very quickly. It stayed between the two plants not near the leaves. 


I also discovered a dead Euchlanis sp. rotifer that was being eaten by multiple Coleps sp. (Patterson, 1992). Below is a video.






The final organism identified was a Litonotus sp. (Patterson, 1992). It is a worm like structure that stayed near leaves and moved in a worm-like movement. The image below is the Litonotus sp.


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