Protozoans
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Actinosphaerium
Amoeba
Undegoing fission
Carnivorous on microbes
Mild pollution indicator species
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Actinosphaerium
Amoeba
Carnivorous on microbes
Mild pollution indicator species
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Actinosphaerium
Amoeba
Undegoing fission
Carnivorous on microbes
Mild pollution indicator species
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Amoeba proteus
Amoeba
Mild pollution indicator species
Carnvirous on microbes
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Amoeba proteus
Amoeba
Mild pollution indicator species
Carnvirous on microbes
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Cashia
Amoeba
Carnivorous on microbes
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Cryptodifflugia
Shelled amoeba
Moderate pollution indicator species
Carnivorous on microbes
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Cryptodifflugia
Shelled amoeba
Moderate pollution indicator species
Carnivorous on microbes
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Difflugia
Shelled amoeba
Mild pollution indicator species
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Difflugia
Shelled amoeba
Mild pollution indicator species
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Nebela
Shelled amoeba
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Pleomyxa
Shelled amoeba dividing into two
Carnivorous on microbes
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Pleomyxa
Shelled amoeba
Carnvirous on microbes
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Actineta
Ciliate
Mild pollution indicator species
Carnivorous on microbes
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Campanella
Ciliate
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Carchesium
Ciliate
Moderate pollution indicator species
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Chondylostoma
Ciliate
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Coleops
Ciliate
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Cothuria
Ciliate
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Cothuria
Ciliate
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Cothuria
Ciliate
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Euplotes
Ciliate
Clean water indicator species
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Glaucoma
Ciliate
Moderate pollution indicator species
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Holostricha
Ciliate
Moderate pollution indicator species
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Hypotrichid Ciliate
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Litonotus
Ciliate
Mild pollution indicator species
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Litonotus
Ciliate
Mild pollution indicator species
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Oxytricha
Ciliate
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Paramecium
Ciliate
Moderate pollution indicator species
Carnivorous on microbes
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Paramecium
Ciliate
Moderate pollution indicator species
Carnivorous on microbes
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Ciliate species
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Spirostomum
Ciliate
Moderate pollution indicator species
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Spirostomum
Ciliate
Moderate pollution indicator species
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Stentor
Ciliate
Clean water indicator
Carnivorous on microbes
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Stentor
Ciliate
Clean water indicator
Green from eating algae
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Stentor (left) & Actinosphaerium (right)
Stentor is a ciliate
Actinosphaerium is an amoeba
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Stentor, contracted form
Ciliate
Clean water indicator
Carnivorous on microbes
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Strobilidum
Ciliate
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Vaginicola
Ciliate
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Vaginicola
Ciliate
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Zoothamnium
Ciliate
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Various ciliates inside a dead water flea
Feeding on microbes
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Paruroleptus
Ciliate
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Stylonychia
Ciliate
Mild pollution indicator
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Urotricha
Ciliate
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Vorticella
Ciliate
Carnivorous on microbes
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Anisonema
Flagellate
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Carteria
Flagellate
Pollution indicator species
Photosynthetic
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Ceratium sp.
Flagellate
Photosynthetic organism
Moderate Pollution Indicator
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Chilomonas
Flagellate
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Chilomonas
Flagellate
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Chlamydomonas
Flagellate
Photosynthetic
Pollution indicator species
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Cryptomonas
Flagellate
Photosynthetic
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Cryptomonas
Flagellate
Photosynthetic
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Dinobryon
Flagellate
Colonial organism
Photosynthetic
Moderate pollution indicator species
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Entosiphon
Flagellate
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Eudorina
Flagellate
Colonial organism
Photosynthetic
Mild pollution indicator
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Euglena, small species
Flagellate
Mild pollution indicator species
Photosynthetic
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Euglena, large species
Flagellate
Pollution indicator species
Photosynthetic
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Euglena, large species
Flagellate
Pollution indicator species
Photosynthetic
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Euglena, large species
Flagellate
Pollution indicator species
Photosynthetic
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Euglena, large species
Flagellate
Pollution indicator species
Photosynthetic
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Gomphosphaeria
Flagellate
Colonial organism
Photosynthetic
Moderate pollution indicator
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Gymnodinium
Flagellate-dinoflagellate
Photosynthetic
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Menoidium
Flagellate
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Pandorina
Flagellate
Colonial organism
Moderate pollution indicator
Photosynthetic
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Perdinium
Flagellate-dinoflagellate
Moderate pollution indicator
Photosynthetic
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Phacus
Flagellate
Mild pollution indicator
Photosynthetic
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Phacus
Flagellate
Mild pollution indicator
Photosynthetic
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Phacus
Flagellate
Mild pollution indicator
Photosynthetic
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Phacus
Flagellate
Mild pollution indicator
Photosynthetic
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Phacus
Flagellate
Mild pollution indicator
Photosynthetic
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Synura
Flagellate
Colonial organism
Moderate pollution indicator
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Trachelomonas species #1
Flagellate
Pollution indicator species
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Trachelomonas species #1
Flagellate
Pollution indicator species
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Trachelomonas species #2
Flagellate
Pollution indicator species
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Volvox
Flagellate
Colonial organism
Daughter colonies small dark spheres
Photosynthetic
Moderate pollution indicator