A colonial flagellate, Rhipidodendron builds elaborate tubular structures in which to live and divide. Nestled in their branching lorica, the cells feed quietly, with their flagella waving.
Last year, I recorded the tiny Rhipidodenron huxleyi. These flagellates are more than twice as long, and that size is sufficient to identify this as R. splendidum. From Mer Bleue bog conservation area, in Ottawa.
Body length about 12 µm
100X oil immersion obj. (1000X)
