DAY 496
SPECIES 496 - Dinophysis fortii
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor. Sakura pen

D. fortii is a single celled armored marine dinoflagellate that produces marine biotoxins.

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DAY 494
SPECIES 494 - Leucocytozoon simondi
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor. Kingart pen

L. simondi is a protozoan blood parasite that causes leucocytozoonosis, a malaria related disease of ducks and geese.

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DAY 493
SPECIES 493 - Chromera velia
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor. Sakura pen

C. velia is a single celled alga with 2 main forms: a stationary round cell and a swimming stage with two flagella.

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DAY 491
SPECIES 491 - Tripos ranipes
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC watercolor. Sakura & Pentel pen

T. ranipes (Frog foot) is a marine planktonic dinoflagellate.

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DAY 489
SPECIES 489 - Sphenoderia lenta
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor. Sakura pen

S. lenta is a testate amoeba: a single celled amoeboid organism living inside a self built shell.

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DAY 487
SPECIES 487 - Spirostomum minus
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor. Sakura pen

S. minus is a single celled freshwater ciliate shaped like a worm. It has a beaded macronucleus. similar to a string of pearls.

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DAY 486
SPECIES 486 - Blepharisma undulans
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor. Sakura pen

B. undulans is a single celled pink-to-red freshwater ciliate.

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DAY 484
SPECIES 484 - Colpidium colpoda
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor. Writech pen

C. colpoda is a single celled freshwater ciliate.

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DAY 483
SPECIES 483 - Pyrophacus steinii
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor

P. steinii (Stein's fire lentil) is a marine planktonic dinoflagellate.

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DAY 479
SPECIES 479 - Stentor roeselii
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen

S. roeselii is a trumpet shaped freshwater protist. Found globally in still or slow moving freshwater habitats.

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DAY 478
SPECIES 478 - Tintinnopsis campanula
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC watercolor, Sakura pen

T. campanula is a single celled planktonic ciliate shaped like a bell.

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DAY 477
SPECIES 477 - Acineta tuberosa
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen

A. tuberosa is a stalked aquatic protist that lives attached to crustaceans, algae, and other aquatic substrates.

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DAY 475
SPECIES 475 - Oxytoxum scolopax
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen

Consistency is hard, often I'm trying to replicate something that worked well in the past and cant pull it off.

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DAY 474
SPECIES 474 - Ceratium hirundinella
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen

C. hirundinella is a freshwater dinoflagellate.

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DAY 472
SPECIES 472 - Gambierdiscus toxicus
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR Watercolor, Sakura pen

G. toxicus is a photosynthetic marine dinoflagellate.

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DAY 471
SPECIES 471 - Podolampas palmipes
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen

P. palmipes (web footed lamp) is a single celled armored dinoflagellate with a pear shaped body.

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DAY 469
SPECIES 469 - Crypthecodinium cohnii
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR Watercolor, Sakura pen

C. cohnii is a species of dinoflagellate that has very high levels of the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid DHA

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