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The specimen is microscopic, oblong in shape, transparent, and colorless everywhere except several green clusters with varying shapes within the specimen. There are tiny hairlike projections (cilia) along the outer perimeter of the specimen.

The microscopic size and the compartmentalized inner structures (organelles) are clear indicators that this is a eukaryotic, unicellular organism (protists). The cilia indicate that it is a ciliate; the oblong shape supports that this is a paramecium.

The specimen was found in a sample of pond water from Castor Pond on the University of South Florida campus. The area is exposed to sunlight during daylight hours. The first image is the specimen at 400x total magnification under a light microscope. The second image is at 100x total magnification.

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https://eol.org/pages/61312/articles

https://www.livescience.com/55178-paramecium.html

Found at an intermediate altitude in the intertidal ecosystem around 15 feet from the water. Among living algae suggesting this small patch went through a bleaching event other areas did not. Found scattered around the shore suggesting a larger bleaching event recently took place.