ID this, win a prize

This is from my DT.

Hints to come, if needed.

Not sure what the prize will be, but it will certainly be made of glass, probably.

Best ID gets the prize - i.e. complete scientific ID with links to visual confirmation will beat "uh, some kind of snail?"

(it's not a snail, btw)

 

I know, I know! (actually Curt inwall came up with it!) so i am disqualified so just following along!

Very interesting thread!

 

bristle worm spines or tiny micro feather dusters is my guess.

 

Shackmel, if you know what it is.... the image name is only a minor hint.

1.0reef, nope. or if it is, I would so fail out of biology, if I were in a biology class.

 

I'll tell ya, it;s not at all what I expected to see... this is my first time playing with my tank and a microscope.

Also, it's 150x magnification.

 

I'd have to say copepod eggs or chaetomorpha spores/seeds or however it sexually reproduces

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It is green hair algae under a microscope:
http://www.waldonell.com/me/sites/default/files/image/reef/2007_3_9_16_0_0.jpg

 

Scratch that green hair algae...

http://www.waldonell.com/me/145g_other

Derbesia it says...looks identical.

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Darn posted while I was switching back and forth copying and pasting lol...If I was on my computer I woulda had it...maybe lol.

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Not sure if you wanted something more specific but it is green hair algae reproducing.

Green hair algae reproduces through a process known as alternation of generations. GHA is reproductively isomorphic. In your picture you can see the diploid and meiosis and the release of haploid zoospores which are germinating and growing. This produces the haploid phase which alternates to the vegetative phase. Here is the wiki to the alternation of generations for reference: Alternation of generations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia