STELLATE OBJECTS FOR THE
MICROSCOPE
by Brian Darnton & Wim van
Egmond
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Actinosphaerium eichhorni
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Since the sun is also a star we
thought it would be a good idea to include Actinosphaerium
eichhorni, a sun animalcule. This wonderful pond
creature captures small ciliates and rotifers with its
long filament-like 'axopodia'. It can be found in
ordinary pond water. This species can be relatively
large, sometime a millimetre!
This
individual was 0.5 millimetre.
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Comments to the authors
Brian Darnton and Wim van Egmond
are welcomed.
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