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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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October 1, 2026 at 7:49 AM
DAY 482
SPECIES 482 - Tintinnidium fluviatile
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen

T. fluviatile (little bell of the river) is a freshwater ciliate that lives inside a soft tube shaped case called a lorica

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September 30, 2026 at 7:58 AM
DAY 481
SPECIES 481 - Trachelius ovum
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen

T. ovum (Neck egg) is a large freshwater ciliate shaped like an egg or balloon with a small snout. first described by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg in 1831

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September 29, 2026 at 7:49 AM
DAY 480
SPECIES 480 - Achlya bisexualis
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen

A. bisexualis is an aquatic, fungus like water mold. It's more closely related to brown algae & diatoms than to true fungi

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September 28, 2026 at 7:42 AM
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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September 27, 2026 at 8:09 AM
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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September 26, 2026 at 7:33 AM
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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September 25, 2026 at 7:32 AM
DAY 476
SPECIES 476 - Dendrocometes paradoxus
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & DS watercolor, Sakura pen

D. paradoxus is a single celled suctorian ciliate that lives attached to the gills of amphipods, small shrimp like crustaceans.

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September 24, 2026 at 8:07 AM
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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September 23, 2026 at 7:49 AM
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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September 22, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Oh! My new watercolour paint set is so pretty!
September 21, 2026 at 2:01 PM
DAY 473
SPECIES 473 - Prorocentrum micans
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, DS & HWC Watercolor, Sakura pen

P. micans is a single celled armored marine dinoflagellate. It is teardrop or heart shaped with a surface covered in small pores

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September 21, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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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September 20, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Found worldwide across temperate and tropical marine waters.

I've been using my starter Chromatek watercolor set for awhile now, I'm going to pick up a 2nd set to compliment it in the next few months. Still deciding on which one.
September 19, 2026 at 7:43 AM
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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September 19, 2026 at 7:42 AM
DAY 470
SPECIES 470 - Torodinium robustum
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor

T. robustum is a marine dinoflagellate. They are not found in the fossil record.

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September 18, 2026 at 7:41 AM
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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September 17, 2026 at 7:17 AM
DAY 468
SPECIES 468 - Gonyaulax digitale
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR Watercolor, Tombow pencil

G. digitale is a marine single celled dinoflagellate with a heavy armored outer wall. Its covered in deep pores that give it the look of a thimble

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September 16, 2026 at 7:34 AM
DAY 467
SPECIES 467 - Eimeria stiedae
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen

E. stiedae is a single celled protozoan parasite that causes liver infection in rabbits.

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September 15, 2026 at 7:38 AM
DAY 466
SPECIES 466 - Bulimina marginata
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen

B. marginata "the margined one" has a tapering spiral shell with spiney edges.

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September 14, 2026 at 7:36 AM
DAY 465
SPECIES 465 - Ammodiscus incertus
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen

A. incertus is a single celled marine protist that looks like a sand grain cinnamon roll.

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September 13, 2026 at 7:39 AM
DAY 464
SPECIES 464 - Bathysiphon filiformis
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen

B. filiformis is a tubular single celled marine protist.

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September 12, 2026 at 7:42 AM
DAY 463
SPECIES 463 - Amphisorus hemprichii
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen

A. hemprichii is a large single celled bottom dwelling marine protist. First described by Christian G. Ehrenberg in 1839

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September 11, 2026 at 7:36 AM
DAY 462
SPECIES 462 - Gromia oviformis
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen

G. oviformis is a large single celled protist that can grow up to 3 millimeters wide making it visible to the naked eye

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September 10, 2026 at 7:49 AM
DAY 461
SPECIES 461 - Spongosphaera streptacantha
STAGE: Protists
MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen

S. streptacantha (twisted spined sponge sphere) is a radiolarian that builds an intricate skeleton of silica

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September 9, 2026 at 7:48 AM