Bacillaria (Bacillaria paxillifer)
(a diatom)
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CHROMISTA (kingdom)
Ochrophyta (phylum)
Bacillariophyceae (Diatomeae) (class)
Bacillariales (order)
(a diatom)
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CHROMISTA (kingdom)
Ochrophyta (phylum)
Bacillariophyceae (Diatomeae) (class)
Bacillariales (order)
Goleta, CA
Devereux Creek
2/28/2016
Aras Janusonis
Skirmantas Janusonis
Video by Francisco Pujante Capilla
Devereux Creek
2/28/2016
Aras Janusonis
Skirmantas Janusonis
Video by Francisco Pujante Capilla
Bacillaria (Bacillaria paxillifer)
(a diatom)
...a few seconds later...
CHROMISTA (kingdom)
Ochrophyta (phylum)
Bacillariophyceae (Diatomeae) (class)
Bacillariales (order)
(a diatom)
...a few seconds later...
CHROMISTA (kingdom)
Ochrophyta (phylum)
Bacillariophyceae (Diatomeae) (class)
Bacillariales (order)
Goleta, CA
Devereux Creek
2/28/2016
Aras Janusonis
Skirmantas Janusonis
Devereux Creek
2/28/2016
Aras Janusonis
Skirmantas Janusonis
Bacillaria (Bacillaria paxillifer)
(a diatom)
...another few seconds later.
CHROMISTA (kingdom)
Ochrophyta (phylum)
Bacillariophyceae (Diatomeae) (class)
Bacillariales (order)
(a diatom)
...another few seconds later.
CHROMISTA (kingdom)
Ochrophyta (phylum)
Bacillariophyceae (Diatomeae) (class)
Bacillariales (order)
Goleta, CA
Devereux Creek
2/28/2016
Aras Janusonis
Skirmantas Janusonis
Devereux Creek
2/28/2016
Aras Janusonis
Skirmantas Janusonis
A pennate diatom
CHROMISTA (kingdom)
Ochrophyta (phylum)
Bacillariophyceae (Diatomeae) (class)
CHROMISTA (kingdom)
Ochrophyta (phylum)
Bacillariophyceae (Diatomeae) (class)
Goleta, CA
Devereux Creek
3/18/2016
Skirmantas Janusonis
Devereux Creek
3/18/2016
Skirmantas Janusonis
A pennate diatom (Pinnularia sp.)
CHROMISTA (kingdom)
Ochrophyta (phylum)
Bacillariophyceae (Diatomeae) (class)
CHROMISTA (kingdom)
Ochrophyta (phylum)
Bacillariophyceae (Diatomeae) (class)
Goleta, CA
Open Space
(a vernal pool)
3/12/2017
Skirmantas Janusonis
Open Space
(a vernal pool)
3/12/2017
Skirmantas Janusonis
A pennate diatom (Pinnularia sp.)
CHROMISTA (kingdom)
Ochrophyta (phylum)
Bacillariophyceae (Diatomeae) (class)
CHROMISTA (kingdom)
Ochrophyta (phylum)
Bacillariophyceae (Diatomeae) (class)
Goleta, CA
Open Space
(a vernal pool)
3/12/2017
Skirmantas Janusonis
Open Space
(a vernal pool)
3/12/2017
Skirmantas Janusonis
X (X)
X (kingdom)
X (phylum)
X (class)
X (kingdom)
X (phylum)
X (class)
Goleta, CA
Open Space
(a drying vernal pool)
2/5/2022
Skirmantas Janusonis
Open Space
(a drying vernal pool)
2/5/2022
Skirmantas Janusonis
Urocentrum (Urocentrum turbo)
CHROMISTA (kingdom)
Ciliophora (phylum)
Oligohymenophorea (class)
Peniculida (order)
CHROMISTA (kingdom)
Ciliophora (phylum)
Oligohymenophorea (class)
Peniculida (order)
Metopus (Metopus contortus)
CHROMISTA (kingdom)
Ciliophora (phylum)
Undefined (class)
Armophorida (order)
CHROMISTA (kingdom)
Ciliophora (phylum)
Undefined (class)
Armophorida (order)
Goleta, CA
Devereux Slough
10/2/2016
Aras Janusonis
Skirmantas Janusonis
Devereux Slough
10/2/2016
Aras Janusonis
Skirmantas Janusonis
Stentor (Stentor coeruleus)
CHROMISTA (kingdom)
Ciliophora (phylum)
Heterotrichea (class)
Heterotrichida (order)
CHROMISTA (kingdom)
Ciliophora (phylum)
Heterotrichea (class)
Heterotrichida (order)
Goleta, CA
Devereux Creek
12/27/2014
Skirmantas Janusonis
Devereux Creek
12/27/2014
Skirmantas Janusonis
Spirostomum (Spirostomum teres)
CHROMISTA (kingdom)
Ciliophora (phylum)
Heterotrichea (class)
Heterotrichida (order)
CHROMISTA (kingdom)
Ciliophora (phylum)
Heterotrichea (class)
Heterotrichida (order)
Goleta, CA
Devereux Slough
10/2/2016
Aras Janusonis
Skirmantas Janusonis
Devereux Slough
10/2/2016
Aras Janusonis
Skirmantas Janusonis
Spirostomum (Spirostomum teres)
CHROMISTA (kingdom)
Ciliophora (phylum)
Heterotrichea (class)
Heterotrichida (order)
CHROMISTA (kingdom)
Ciliophora (phylum)
Heterotrichea (class)
Heterotrichida (order)
Goleta, CA
Devereux Slough
10/2/2016
Aras Janusonis
Skirmantas Janusonis
Devereux Slough
10/2/2016
Aras Janusonis
Skirmantas Janusonis
Euglena (Euglena sp.)
PROTOZOA (kingdom)
Euglenozoa (phylum)
Euglenophyceae (class)
Euglenida (order)
PROTOZOA (kingdom)
Euglenozoa (phylum)
Euglenophyceae (class)
Euglenida (order)
Goleta, CA
Devereux Creek
2/28/2016
Aras Janusonis
Skirmantas Janusonis
Devereux Creek
2/28/2016
Aras Janusonis
Skirmantas Janusonis
Euglena (Euglena sp.)
PROTOZOA (kingdom)
Euglenozoa (phylum)
Euglenophyceae (class)
Euglenida (order)
PROTOZOA (kingdom)
Euglenozoa (phylum)
Euglenophyceae (class)
Euglenida (order)
Goleta, CA
Devereux Creek
3/18/2016
Skirmantas Janusonis
Devereux Creek
3/18/2016
Skirmantas Janusonis
Euastrum (Euastrum ventricosum)
PLANTAE (kingdom)
Charophyta (phylum)
Conjugatophyceae [Zygnematophyceae] (class)
Desmidiales (order)
PLANTAE (kingdom)
Charophyta (phylum)
Conjugatophyceae [Zygnematophyceae] (class)
Desmidiales (order)
Goleta, CA
Devereux Slough
10/2/2016
Aras Janusonis
Skirmantas Janusonis
Devereux Slough
10/2/2016
Aras Janusonis
Skirmantas Janusonis
Euastrum (Euastrum ventricosum)
PLANTAE (kingdom)
Charophyta (phylum)
Conjugatophyceae [Zygnematophyceae] (class)
Desmidiales (order)
PLANTAE (kingdom)
Charophyta (phylum)
Conjugatophyceae [Zygnematophyceae] (class)
Desmidiales (order)
Goleta, CA
Devereux Slough
10/2/2016
Aras Janusonis
Skirmantas Janusonis
Devereux Slough
10/2/2016
Aras Janusonis
Skirmantas Janusonis
Cosmarium (Cosmarium sp.)
(focal plane 1)
PLANTAE (kingdom)
Charophyta (phylum)
Conjugatophyceae [Zygnematophyceae] (class)
Desmidiales (order)
(focal plane 1)
PLANTAE (kingdom)
Charophyta (phylum)
Conjugatophyceae [Zygnematophyceae] (class)
Desmidiales (order)
Goleta, CA
Ocean Walk I
(a vernal pool)
3/11/2017
Skirmantas Janusonis
Ocean Walk I
(a vernal pool)
3/11/2017
Skirmantas Janusonis
Cosmarium (Cosmarium sp.)
(focal plane 2)
PLANTAE (kingdom)
Charophyta (phylum)
Conjugatophyceae [Zygnematophyceae] (class)
Desmidiales (order)
(focal plane 2)
PLANTAE (kingdom)
Charophyta (phylum)
Conjugatophyceae [Zygnematophyceae] (class)
Desmidiales (order)
Goleta, CA
Ocean Walk I
(a vernal pool)
3/11/2017
Skirmantas Janusonis
Ocean Walk I
(a vernal pool)
3/11/2017
Skirmantas Janusonis
Cosmarium (Cosmarium sp.)
(focal plane 3)
PLANTAE (kingdom)
Charophyta (phylum)
Conjugatophyceae [Zygnematophyceae] (class)
Desmidiales (order)
(focal plane 3)
PLANTAE (kingdom)
Charophyta (phylum)
Conjugatophyceae [Zygnematophyceae] (class)
Desmidiales (order)
Goleta, CA
Ocean Walk I
(a vernal pool)
3/11/2017
Skirmantas Janusonis
Ocean Walk I
(a vernal pool)
3/11/2017
Skirmantas Janusonis
The collection site of the above specimen
Goleta, CA
Ocean Walk I
(a vernal pool)
3/11/2017
Skirmantas Janusonis
Ocean Walk I
(a vernal pool)
3/11/2017
Skirmantas Janusonis
Klebsormidium (Klebsormidium flaccidum)
PLANTAE (kingdom)
Charophyta (phylum)
Klebsormidiophyceae (class)
Klebsormidiales (order)
PLANTAE (kingdom)
Charophyta (phylum)
Klebsormidiophyceae (class)
Klebsormidiales (order)
Klebsormidium (Klebsormidium flaccidum)
PLANTAE (kingdom)
Charophyta (phylum)
Klebsormidiophyceae (class)
Klebsormidiales (order)
PLANTAE (kingdom)
Charophyta (phylum)
Klebsormidiophyceae (class)
Klebsormidiales (order)
Goleta, CA
Ocean Walk I
(driveway)
4/29/2017
Skirmantas Janusonis
Ocean Walk I
(driveway)
4/29/2017
Skirmantas Janusonis
The collection site of the above specimen
Goleta, CA
Ocean Walk I
(driveway)
4/29/2017
Skirmantas Janusonis
Ocean Walk I
(driveway)
4/29/2017
Skirmantas Janusonis
Branchiopod
ANIMALIA (kingdom)
Arthropoda (phylum)
Crustacea (subphylum)
Branchiopoda (class)
Diplostraca (order)
ANIMALIA (kingdom)
Arthropoda (phylum)
Crustacea (subphylum)
Branchiopoda (class)
Diplostraca (order)
Goleta, CA
Devereux Creek
3/18/2016
Aras Janusonis
Skirmantas Janusonis
Devereux Creek
3/18/2016
Aras Janusonis
Skirmantas Janusonis
Branchiopod (nauplius)
ANIMALIA (kingdom)
Arthropoda (phylum)
Crustacea (subphylum)
Branchiopoda (class)
Diplostraca (order)
ANIMALIA (kingdom)
Arthropoda (phylum)
Crustacea (subphylum)
Branchiopoda (class)
Diplostraca (order)
Goleta, CA
Devereux Creek
3/18/2016
Skirmantas Janusonis
Devereux Creek
3/18/2016
Skirmantas Janusonis
Copepod
ANIMALIA (kingdom)
Arthropoda (phylum)
Crustacea (subphylum)
Hexanauplia (class)
Copepoda (subclass)
Cyclopoida (order)
ANIMALIA (kingdom)
Arthropoda (phylum)
Crustacea (subphylum)
Hexanauplia (class)
Copepoda (subclass)
Cyclopoida (order)
Goleta, CA
Ocean Walk, Open Space
(a vernal pool after rainstorms)
2/18/2017
Aras Janusonis
Ocean Walk, Open Space
(a vernal pool after rainstorms)
2/18/2017
Aras Janusonis
The collection site of the above specimen
(the copepod was released into an adjacent pool)
(the copepod was released into an adjacent pool)
Goleta, CA
Ocean Walk, Open Space
(a vernal pool after rainstorms)
2/18/2017
Aras Janusonis
Ocean Walk, Open Space
(a vernal pool after rainstorms)
2/18/2017
Aras Janusonis
Copepod (female)
ANIMALIA (kingdom)
Arthropoda (phylum)
Crustacea (subphylum)
Hexanauplia (class)
Copepoda (subclass)
Cyclopoida (order)
ANIMALIA (kingdom)
Arthropoda (phylum)
Crustacea (subphylum)
Hexanauplia (class)
Copepoda (subclass)
Cyclopoida (order)
Goleta, CA
Devereux Creek
3/18/2016
Skirmantas Janusonis
Devereux Creek
3/18/2016
Skirmantas Janusonis
Copepod (nauplius)
ANIMALIA (kingdom)
Arthropoda (phylum)
Crustacea (subphylum)
Hexanauplia (class)
Copepoda (subclass)
Cyclopoida (order)
ANIMALIA (kingdom)
Arthropoda (phylum)
Crustacea (subphylum)
Hexanauplia (class)
Copepoda (subclass)
Cyclopoida (order)
Goleta, CA
Devereux Creek
3/18/2016
Skirmantas Janusonis
Devereux Creek
3/18/2016
Skirmantas Janusonis