albach's Identifications

This is a protist. This is in Kingdom Protista. This was found in the pond in Castor Beach near the University of South Florida. This was observed on February 7, 2019 at 9:06 AM. This protist has string like projections that come out of it as they move along a line. This protist appears to be white. One characteristic that defines this as a protist is the size. It's size is very small and round shaped. A reference used https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.livescience.com/54242-protists.html. In which this reference describes Protists as being very diverse. It's habitat is in pond areas and in Florida especially southern Florida.