Photo 248602224, (c) Izzy Ibarra, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Izzy Ibarra

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izi_izi

Date

December 20, 2022 05:27 PM EST

Description

Here’s a video for you all:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IaFCR8Nca-XpH4zReNrWjF19XZdeEhwx/view?usp=drivesdk

Found in a small manmade pond that houses small koi, various aquatic plants, algae, and mosses. This was living in debris along with many rotifers, chironomids, and other microscopic life I will be posting shortly.

I have no specific source for this ID. I initially thought it was L. Helus (a species I have observed before) but quickly realized that this organism is a lot bigger and even behaves differently, folding and twisting itself to scavenge rather than wandering around like L. Helus was (this could be differing hunger levels of course)

While searching photos of L. Helus I discovered L. Meleagris, which is far more similar to the organism I observed here. Please, if this identification is incorrect, let me know where the mistakes were and how I can better ID in the future. Have a nice day ^^

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