Talked about (among other equally important things) fashion and mode yesterday with a dear friend of mine. About how some people follow the fashion and others find their own way.And in today's sample this robust Cryptomonas rostratiformis occurred on the catwalk showing it's fine, fresh and in my eyes fashionable colors: violet and green. "Would these be The Colors of This Spring?!" I thought, st...
Plankton
The day of the slender golden algae
...borgei, suecicum, crenulatum...A lot of these fine, slender Dinobryon's in today's sample.The favorite for the moment is borgei, being so tiny and modest, yet elegant with it's funny, short curly flagel.Dinobryon borgeid=3 µm l=30 µmsuecicum is not bad either. With the rings around it's waist it looks like a lady in a bathing suit in the twentie's. I do wonder how this pretty thing did get it...