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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 #sciart #watercolor #paint #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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 #sciart #paint #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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 #sciart #paint #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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. #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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. #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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. #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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. #sciart #watercolor #paint #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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. #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

DAY 474 SPECIES 474 - Ceratium hirundinella STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen C. hirundinella is a freshwater dinoflagellate. #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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 #sciart #watercolor #paint #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

DAY 472 SPECIES 472 - Gambierdiscus toxicus STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR Watercolor, Sakura pen G. toxicus is a photosynthetic marine dinoflagellate. #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

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. #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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. #sciart #watercolor #paint #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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 #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

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 #sciart #paint #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

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. #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

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. #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

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. #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

DAY 464 SPECIES 464 - Bathysiphon filiformis STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen B. filiformis is a tubular single celled marine protist. #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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 #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

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 #sciart #watercolor #paint #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

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 #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

DAY 460 SPECIES 460 - Cornutella profunda STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen C. profunda (Deep little horn) is a radiolarian that builds a cone shaped lattice shell and lives deep in the sea at mostly 500-3000m depths #sciart #watercolor #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

DAY 459 SPECIES 459 - Vampyrella pendula STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen Vampyrella pendula is an amoeboid protist that likes to eat filamentous green algae. It drills a hole through the algal cell wall and then slurps out it's innards #sciart #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

DAY 458 SPECIES 458 - Angomonas deanei STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen A. deanei is a protozoan that lives in the gut of insects #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

DAY 457 SPECIES 457 - Leishmania mexicana STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen L. mexicana is a parasitic protozoan that causes skin ulcers known as cutaneous leishmaniasis in Mexico, Central America, and the southern US #sciart #paint #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

DAY 456 SPECIES 456 - Euglena gracilis STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC Watercolor, Sakura pen E. gracilis is a single celled freshwater euglenid. #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

DAY 455 SPECIES 455 - Trichomonas tenax STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC Watercolor, Sakura pen T. tenax is a single celled protozoan that mainly lives in the human mouth #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

DAY 454 SPECIES 454 - Phytophthora palmivora STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen P. palmivora is a destructive water mold. Its name "Phytophthora" means plant destroyer. #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

DAY 453 SPECIES 453 - Lophomonas blattarum STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen L. blattarum is a single celled protozoan that lives as a harmless resident in the guts of cockroaches. It has a large tuft of flagella that looks like a brush #sciart #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

DAY 452 SPECIES 452 - Synura sphagnicola STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen Synura sphagnicola is a colonial golden brown alga that's restricted to acidic waters #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

DAY 451 SPECIES 451 - Fibrocapsa japonica STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, DS & QoR Watercolor, Sakura pen F. japonica is a golden brown alga that forms harmful blooms in coastal waters worldwide #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

DAY 450 SPECIES 450 - Phaeocystis pouchetii STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR Watercolor, Sakura pen P. pouchetii is a single celled marine haptophyte that forms floating colonies in cold arctic waters #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

DAY 449 SPECIES 449 - Teleaulax amphioxeia STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC Watercolor, Sakura pen T. amphioxeia is a small single celled photosynthetic marine alga #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

DAY 448 SPECIES 448 - Spironucleus salmonis STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen S. salmonis is a microscopic protozoan that lives in the intestines of salmon and trout. It's usually harmless but can turn damaging when the fish are stressed #sciart #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

DAY 447 SPECIES 447 - Vaginicola crystallina STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & Qor Watercolor, Sakura pen V. crystallina is a single celled protozoan that lives inside a transparent vase shaped protective casing called a lorica #sciart #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

DAY 446 SPECIES 446 - Stentor igneus STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek Watercolor, Sakura pen S. igneus is a small trumpet shaped single celled ciliate with a pink coloration #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

DAY 445 SPECIES 445 - Chromulina elegans STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. HWC Watercolor This was supposed to be a painting of Chromulina elegans, but I painted Caenorhabditis elegans the nematode instead. I was seeing "C. elegans" in my references and got them mixed up #sciart #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

DAY 444 SPECIES 444 - Miniacina miniacea STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen M. miniacea is a large immobile single celled protozoan. It builds a hard calcium rich bright red or pink branched skeleton resembling a tiny coral #sciart #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

DAY 443 SPECIES 443 - Braarudosphaera bigelowii STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen B. bigelowii is a single celled coastal marine alga with a fossil record that spans 100 million years #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

DAY 442 SPECIES 442 - Chrysochromulina parva STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen C. parva is a small single celled freshwater alga with worldwide distribution #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

DAY 441 SPECIES 441 - Syracosphaera nodosa STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen S. nodosa is a marine calcifying single celled phytoplankton species. It has little radiating plates from the center, but it ended up looking like sliced kiwi! 😅 #sciart #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

DAY 440 SPECIES 440 - Algirosphaera robusta STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen A. robusta is a species of single celled marine alga that often lives 50–150m deep in a low light zone. The cell is covered with microscopic lime plates #sciart #paint #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

DAY 439 SPECIES 439 - Cryptomonas erosa STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen C. erosa is a common freshwater alga #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

DAY 438 SPECIES 438 - Dinobryon sociale STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen D. sociale is a freshwater colonial golden alga. Its name means "whirling moss that lives in a community". #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

DAY 437 SPECIES 437 - Aureococcus anophagefferens STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor A. anophagefferens is an extremely small single celled coastal alga that's 2 microns in diameter #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

DAY 436 SPECIES 436 - Pedinella hexacostata STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen, Tombow Pencil P. hexacostata is a tiny alga shaped like a barrel that both photosynthesizes and eats #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

DAY 435 SPECIES 435 - Ciliophrys infusionum STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen C. infusionum is a protist that shifts between two shapes #sciart #watercolor #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsinsky

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Smart Alyk @smartalyk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

DAY 434 SPECIES 434 - Pteridomonas danica STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen P. danica is a tiny bacteria feeding marine protist. It has a long anterior flagellum and a crown of stiff slender tentacles. It reminds me of Sputnik 🚀 #sciart #protistsonsky

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