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Zygnema
Zygnema is a common fresh water alga and is found in quiet, still waters. |
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Schistosoma
This Slide shows male and female conjugation. Schistosoma are commonly known as blood-flukes or bilharzia and are responsible for significant parasitic infection of humans by causing the disease schistosomiasis. Learn more here. |
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Plankton
Whole mount of different species of plankton. These drifting organisms inhabit the pelagic zone of oceans, seas, or bodies of fresh water. Learn more about plankton here. |
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Rotifer
Rotifers are about 0.1 - 0.5mm long and are common in freshwater environments, although a few saltwater species exist. |
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Hydra
This long section demonstrates the cellular structure and the body plan. Hydra is a genus of simple, fresh-water animal possessing radial symmetry. |
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Paramecium
This whole mount demonstrates the macronucleus and micronucleus, food and contractile vacuole, oral groove and gullet. |
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Foraminifera
A whole mount showing mixture of coiled and biserial fossil forms of several genera. Forams are a large group of amoeboid protists. |
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Grantia
Grantia (Scypha) cross section showing general structure of canals and body walls. Grantia is a genus of calcareous sponges belonging to the family Grantiida. |
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Amoeba
Whole mount of one celled protozoan showing, pseudopodia and nucleus. |
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Clamworm
Sometimes referred to as ragworm or sandworm, is a freeswimming polychaete, scavenging on the bottom of shallow marine waters. |
