https://polypompholyx.github.io/tag/rotifer/Recent content in rotifer on PolypompholyxHugoen-GBExcept where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons CC-BY-SA-3.0 licence, Steve CookTue, 13 Dec 2016 12:02:59 +0000https://polypompholyx.github.io/2016/01/imposter/Wed, 06 Jan 2016 16:02:48 +0000https://polypompholyx.github.io/2016/01/imposter/<p>Most years the pond-water microscopy practical throws up an <a href="https://polypompholyx.github.io/2012/10/glockentierchen/">exciting ciliate</a> (or <a href="https://polypompholyx.github.io/2013/10/teardrops-of-the-swan/">two</a>, or <a href="https://polypompholyx.github.io/2014/12/stentorian/">three</a>), but this year, the only ones we saw were duplicates, or too bloody fast to photograph. Ho hum.</p> <p>So this year you&rsquo;ll have to make do with an imposter. It&rsquo;s still got cilia, but it is not a ciliate, and although it&rsquo;s no bigger than a single-celled organism, it is in fact a full-blown multicellular animal:</p>