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Ophrydium (Ciliates)

Ophrydium colony at x40 from a pond on the Horticultural Farm, University of New Hampshire, Durham NH USA
Photograph by Jon DuFresne

Same as above at x200
Photograph by Jon DuFresne

Ophrydium sp. from Lake Megunticook, Maine USA (lat 44.238, long -69.108) 18 May 2014
Colonies embedded in low-viscisity jelly spheres ~ 2 cm diameter, resting on sediments but not attached, depth ~ 1 m. Abundant.

Ophrydium sp. from Lake Megunticook, Maine USA (lat 44.238, long -69.108) 18 May 2014
Colonies embedded in low-viscisity jelly spheres ~ 2 cm diameter, resting on sediments but not attached, depth ~ 1 m.

Ophrydium sp. from Lake Megunticook, Maine USA (lat 44.238, long -69.108) 18 May 2014
Colonies embedded in low-viscisity jelly spheres ~ 2 cm diameter, resting on sediments but not attached, depth ~ 1 m.

Ophrydium sp. from Lake Megunticook, Maine USA (lat 44.238, long -69.108) 18 May 2014
Colonies embedded in low-viscisity jelly spheres ~ 2 cm diameter, resting on sediments but not attached, depth ~ 1 m.

Ophrydium sp. from Lake Megunticook, Maine USA (lat 44.238, long -69.108) 18 May 2014
Colonies embedded in low-viscisity jelly spheres ~ 2 cm diameter, resting on sediments but not attached, depth ~ 1 m.

Ophrydium sp. from Lake Megunticook, Maine USA (lat 44.238, long -69.108) 18 May 2014
Colonies embedded in low-viscisity jelly spheres ~ 2 cm diameter, resting on sediments but not attached, depth ~ 1 m.

Ophrydium sp. from Lake Megunticook, Maine USA (lat 44.238, long -69.108) 18 May 2014
Colonies embedded in low-viscisity jelly spheres ~ 2 cm diameter, resting on sediments but not attached, depth ~ 1 m.

Ophrydium sp. from Lake Megunticook, Maine USA (lat 44.238, long -69.108) 18 May 2014
Colonies embedded in low-viscisity jelly spheres ~ 2 cm diameter, resting on sediments but not attached, depth ~ 1 m.

Ophrydium sp. from Lake Megunticook, Maine USA (lat 44.238, long -69.108) 18 May 2014
Colonies embedded in low-viscisity jelly spheres ~ 2 cm diameter, resting on sediments but not attached, depth ~ 1 m.

Ophrydium sp. from Lake Megunticook, Maine USA (lat 44.238, long -69.108) 18 May 2014
Colonies embedded in low-viscisity jelly spheres ~ 2 cm diameter, resting on sediments but not attached, depth ~ 1 m.

Ophrydium sp. from Lake Megunticook, Maine USA (lat 44.238, long -69.108) 18 May 2014
Colonies embedded in low-viscisity jelly spheres ~ 2 cm diameter, resting on sediments but not attached, depth ~ 1 m.

Ophrydium sp. from Lake Megunticook, Maine USA (lat 44.238, long -69.108) 18 May 2014
Colonies embedded in low-viscisity jelly spheres ~ 2 cm diameter, resting on sediments but not attached, depth ~ 1 m.

Ophrydium sp. from Lake Megunticook, Maine USA (lat 44.238, long -69.108) 18 May 2014
Colonies embedded in low-viscisity jelly spheres ~ 2 cm diameter, resting on sediments but not attached, depth ~ 1 m.

Ophrydium sp. from Lake Megunticook, Maine USA (lat 44.238, long -69.108) 18 May 2014
Colonies embedded in low-viscisity jelly spheres ~ 2 cm diameter, resting on sediments but not attached, depth ~ 1 m.

Ophrydium colony from a pond on the Horticultural Farm, University of New Hampshire, Durham NH USA
Photograph by Jon DuFresne

Ophrydium colony from a pond on the Horticultural Farm, University of New Hampshire, Durham NH USA
Photograph by Jon DuFresne

Ophrydium individuals packed with Zoochlorella from a pond on the Horticultural Farm, University of New Hampshire, Durham NH USA
Photograph by Jon DuFresne

Ophrydium sp. from North Branch of the Black River downstream from the dam at Stoughton Pond, above the confluence of the Black River, Vermont USA (20070827).
Photograph by Nancy McNally,  US Army Corps of Engineers.

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