DAY 426 SPECIES 426 - Rhynchomonas nasuta MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen R. nasuta is a tiny single celled flagellate with a name that means "Big nosed flagellate" #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 425 SPECIES 425 - Cyclospora cayetanensis MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen C. cayetanensis is a microscopic protozoan parasite that causes the illness cyclosporiasis. It's the cause of the current outbreak linked to the recalled iceberg lettuce #sciart #protistsonsky

DAY 424 SPECIES 424 - Ichthyobodo necator MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen I. necator is a single celled protozoan parasite that infests freshwater fish, causing a disease called ichthyobodiosis or costiasis #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 423 SPECIES 423 - Acrasis rosea MEDIUM: Arches Paper, Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen A. rosea is a species of cellular slime mold that's shaped like a tiny pink tree with multiple chains of spores #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 422 SPECIES 422 - Massisteria marina MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen, Tombow Pencil M. marina is a tiny star shaped marine single celled organism. It feeds on bacteria while sitting among bits of sinking organic sediment #sciart #watercolor #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 421 SPECIES 421 - Auranticordis quadriverberis MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen A. quadriverberis is an inverted heart shaped, bright orange single celled marine protist #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 420 SPECIES 420 - Corythion dubium MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen NOTES: Falling a bit behind on the storage folders, got to make some more #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 419 SPECIES 419 - Arachnula impatiens MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen Arachnula impatiens (The impatient little spider) is a colorless amoeboid organism with fast restless spider like movements #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 418 SPECIES 418 - Picomonas judraskeda MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen Thanks to @thealgaeman.bsky.social for recommending this species! #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 417 SPECIES 417 - Polymyxa graminis MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen P. graminis is a microscopic, soil borne eukaryote that lives inside the root cells of grasses and cereals #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 416 SPECIES 416 - Allogromia laticollaris MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura & Writech pen A. laticollaris is a single celled marine foraminiferan. It extends a long branching network of threads used for movement and feeding #sciart #watercolor #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 415 SPECIES 415 - Tripos gravidus MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen T. gravidus is a large marine dinoflagellate species with a rounded swollen head that looks like a spatula, with two tapered antapical horns below #sciart #watercolor #paint #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 414 SPECIES 414 - Hedriocystis pellucida MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC watercolor, Sakura pen H. pellucida first described in 1874 by Richard Hertwig and Edmund Lesser from specimens collected in Germany #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 413 SPECIES 413 - Perkinsus olseni MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC watercolor, Sakura pen P. olseni is a protozoan parasite that infects marine molluscs. #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 412 SPECIES 412 - Parvilucifera infectans MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen P. infectans is a marine endoparasitoid that infects and kills dinoflagellates. It's a generalist with a broad host range that includes toxic bloom forming species #sciart #protistsonsky

DAY 411 SPECIES 411 - Ophryocystis elektroscirrha MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen O. elektroscirrha is a protozoan parasite that infects monarch butterflies #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 409 SPECIES 409 - Haemoproteus columbae MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura & Writech pen H. columbae is a protozoan blood parasite that infects pigeons and doves worldwide #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 409 SPECIES 409 - Hepatozoon canis MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen H. canis is a tick borne single celled protozoan parasite that causes hepatozoonosis in dogs. Unlike most tick diseases, dogs contract it by eating an infected tick #sciart #paint #protist #prostistsonsky

DAY 408 SPECIES 408 - Lankesterella desseri MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura & Pentel pen NOTES: Was seeing what happens when I use watercolor right after using a high bleed pen #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 407 SPECIES 407 - Trichonympha agilis MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen, Tombow Pencil T. agilis is a single celled, anaerobic protist that lives in the hindgut of lower termites #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 406 SPECIES 406 - Teranympha mirabilis MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen, Tombow Pencil Teranympha mirabilis is a protist that lives in the hindgut of the Japanese termite R. speratus #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 405 SPECIES 405 - Parahistomonas wenrichi MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen P. wenrichi is a harmless passenger in the ceca of turkeys, chickens, and pheasants #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 404 SPECIES 404 - Dientamoeba fragilis MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen, Tombow pencil Dientamoeba fragilis is a microscopic, single celled protozoan parasite that lives in the human large intestine #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 403 SPECIES 403 - Streblomastix strix MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen, Tombow pencil S. strix is a protist found exclusively in the hindguts of damp wood termites #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 402 SPECIES 402 - Leucocryptos marina MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC watercolor, Sakura & Writech pen L. marina is a marine heterotrophic flagellate, a tiny predator long mistaken for a cryptomonad #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 401 SPECIES 401 - Platycola decumbens MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen P. decumbens is a species of sessile, loricate ciliate. It's mainly found in freshwater areas, attached to submerged substrates like vegetation, algae & inert surfaces #sciart #paint #eukaryotic

DAY 400 SPECIES 400 - Telonema antarcticum MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen NOTES: Got in late tonight, wasn't able to add detail Telonema antarcticum is a common marine flagellate #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistonsky

DAY 399 SPECIES 399 - Rhabdammina abyssorum MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen R. abyssorum is a large deep sea, agglutinated foraminiferan. Its shell is constructed from foreign particles cemented together #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 398 SPECIES 398 - Homalozoon vermiculare MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen H. vermiculare is a elongated, carnivorous ciliate protist typically found in freshwater detritus. It features a bead like segmented macronucleus #sciart #watercolor #protist #eukaryotic

DAY 397 SPECIES 397 - Askenasia volvox MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen A. volvox is a small planktonic ciliate. It has a signature jerky jumping motion produced by its sickle shaped cilia #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky