Microlife: Fish Creek Park - Moss from marsh

Kingdom Bacteria
…Phylum Cyanobacteria – blue-green algae

Nostocales - sphere about 285 µm

Kingdom Plantae
…Phylum Chlorophyta – green algae

Bulbochaete - about 15 µm wide

Mougoetia - about 30 µm wide

Zygnema - about 25 µm wide

Spirogyra - about 14 µm wide

Spirogyra - about 25 µm wide

Spirogyra - about 35 µm wide

Closterium - about 100 µm

Closterium - about 190 µm

Cosmarium - about 40 µm

Cosmarium - about 65 µm

…Phylum Bryophyta – mosses & allies

Bryophyta - stem about 110-130 µm wide

Kingdom Chromista
…Phylum Ciliophora – ciliates

Aspidisca - about 30 µm

Halteria - about 25 µm

Colepidae - about 50 µm

Frontonia - about 85 µm

Ciliophora - about 75 µm

Lagenophrys - about 75 µm

Vorticellidae - bodies about 75 µm

…Phylum Ochrophyta – heterokont algae

Anthophysa - clusters about 20 µm

Diatomeae - about 16, 24 µm wide

Diatomeae - about 24 µm

Cymbella - about 180 µm

Diatomeae - about 180 µm

Rhopalodia - about 150 µm

Kingdom Protozoa
…Phylum Euglenozoa

Euglenozoa - body about 25 µm

Anisonema - body about 30 µm

Possibly dead Phacus - about 35 µm

…Phylum Amoebozoa

Centropyxis - shell about 95 µm

Arcellinida - shell about 90 µm

Arcellinida - shell about 80 µm

Arcellidae - shell about 120 µm

Kingdom Animalia
…Phylum Gnathifera – rotifers & allies

Rotaria - about 310 µm

Rotaria - about 680 µm

Squatinella - about 165 µm

Colurella - body about 55 µm

Lepadella - about 135 µm

Taphrocampa - about 140 µm

Ploima - about 390 µm

Lecane - about 115 µm

…Phylum Gastrotricha

Chaetonotidae - about 155 µm

Chaetonotus - about 115 µm

…Phylum Annelida – segmented worms

Glossiphoniidae - head about 430 µm wide

…Phylum Platyhelminthes – flatworms

Macrostomum - about 425 µm

…Phylum Mollusca

Planorbidae - shell about 1.1 mm [composite]

…Phylum Arthropoda – insects, crustaceans & allies

Podocopida, Lagenophrys - bodies about 180, 75 µm

Podocopida - body about 340 µm

Podocopida - body about 385 µm

Podocopida - body about 470 µm

Cyclopoida - body about 315 µm

Cyclopoida - body about 510 µm

Copepoda, larva - body about 135 µm

Copepoda, larva - body about 150 µm

Anomopoda - about 575 µm

Simocephalus - body about 1.6 mm [composite]

Eggs from Diptera? - about 190 µm wide

Chironomidae, larva - about 360 µm wide