Rhodelphis limneticus

Well, well, well… what do we have here? A microorganism, obviously. Can’t you see that, ẙ̷̡̡̡̡̨̡̛̩̻̮̲̤͓͍͙̮͚͉̬͇̪̤͓̟̺̘̠̫̖̺͍̳͓̬̞̯̬̝̹̭͉̮͓̜̤͇̞̫̹͇̩̜͈̩̭̲̤̺̅͛͗̀̅́́̒̇͌́͛͑̒͊̄̂̉́̈́͊̒̍͊̇̉̐̅͑̏͛͋́́̎͛͂̎̏͂̍͗̔̓̓̈́́̈́͊͛̉̈́̇̀̀́̄̏̍̅͆̇̍͒̄̃̈́́͗̇̀͆͛͋̎͛̚͘̕̚̕̚͜͜͠͝͝͝͝ợ̶̡̡̢̨̨̢̧̨̨̡̡̡̧̨̛̛̮̝̭͕̖̗͔̟̻̰͍͙̻͚̰͔͔̖̝̣̺̫̼͇̝̦̖͙̤̘̱̲̞̟͔̘̥̬͉̘̹͉̙͍̪͈̳͕̱͈͙̠͉̩͎̱̹̱͚̣̜͈͉̹̖̬̹̺̜̻̰̲͍̣̻̦̮͓̤͓̦͉̖̦̠̟̪̞͕̠̬̬̠̩͇̙͉͊̑̏͒̿̓͐̇̀͐̋̃́̀̓́̽̓̈́̂̀̔̊̂̐͋̔̄̓͑̉̃̒̈́́̒͒̽̇͋̓̍̂͒̉͐̍̉̈́̀͒̈́͌̓̈́́̕͜͜͜͜͝͝͠͝ͅͅͅứ̶̢̢̧̢̧̢͈̬̰͎̝̩͔͍͚̦͕͓̥̮̙̝̱͇͔͉̲͔̺͔̳̘̲̰̭̼͍̫̳̹̟̮̦̝͈̠̲͈̜͇̼̙͇̰͓͍̜̖̗̳̤͕̤̦̠̘̦̞͆́͌́̂͆̽̑̈́̏̏̎͐̅̅̐͛̑̓͌͗͑̔̌̓̎͆̿̀̍͆̂̍̅̒̀̔̋͐̅̔̅̈́̓̓̉́̊͂̄̐͐̇́̈́̑̿̑̈͘͘̚̚͘̕͘̚̚͜͜͝͝͝͠͝͝͝ͅ ̵̡̡̧̤̜̪̠̺̳̠͚͎̹͖̺͚͓͓̖̯͎͎͈̼̼͈̩͉̪̰̖̜̲̣̟̱͓̮̼͚̺̂̈́̈́̓͒̿̇͂͋̆̉̋̋̓̍̉͐́̔̓͒̐̚͘͝͠f̴̢̧̟͇̜͍͔̙̰͕̜̣̩̟̜̩̖̟̗̲͓̜̪̲̀̋̋͜ờ̸̡̡̡̨̢̛̛͚̮̟̣͙͉̘̞̝̦̼̬͎͕̬̦͉̬̘̠͍̙̘͙̥͖̳͕̤̲̗̲̦͔̥̼̣͖̩̝̩̦̰̲̣͈̙̖͚͋̔̄͊͒͋́̇̒̔̐̈́̒͐͋̀̽̂̈́̎͆́̄̏̃͌̓͌̈̃̔̆̒̌̌̃̅̊̈́͑͌͑̄̑̇͌́̀̃̆͒̐̈́͐͐̇̈́̑̾̀͑̈́͂̀̕̕̕̚̚͜͝͠͠͠͝͝o̶̡̢̩͍̳̱̥̩͓͉̮̝̟̻͔̭̺͕̘͔͉̖̰̜̯̰̠͙̍͌͑̆͌̇́̇̆͒̓̅̓̆̄͒̈́͐͆̊̽͒́̑́̑̉͐̍̆͊̑̽͗̉͘͘͠͝ļ̶̨̧̧̛̛̛͙̜̼̹͇̮̬̦͖̝̬͉͓͓̺͚̺̻̩̟̱̘̬̥͈̭͖̣͙͎̮͍̻̱͖͔̹̠̮̩̘̼̋̑́̒͌̐̿̀̅͑̎̾̈́̾̀̾̀͂̊̒̆̅̍̃̌̈̓̓̄͛̃̈͌̿͂͑̿̇̅̐͒̓͐͐̃͌̅̓̑̈́̐̋̋̄̐́̓̒̊͒̈́͐̾̌́͂̑̋̈́̾͂͋̓̈̈́̊̈̍̂̈͊̽̆͌̊̍͌͐̿͂͆̾͒̑̀̄̒̈̀̽̚͘̕͘̕̕̕͜͜͜͜͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͠͝ͅ?

Rhodelphis limneticus is one of the species within the genus Rhodelphis, relatives of red algae, except they lack color and act as predators. The following image shows a scientific reconstruction of the organism’s anatomy, highlighting its most representative parts according to the description in “Non-photosynthetic predators are sister to red algae” by Gawryluk et al. (2019).

And let’s not forget the clean version without labels for easier use:

Important notes: the illustrated parts are purely schematic and not necessarily to scale (although I have tried to keep the proportions as faithful as possible to the micrographs presented in the article mentioned above). The colors are for illustration and visibility purposes only, since the organism itself is transparent. Only the most notable anatomical parts are shown; not every structure of the organism is represented. Also, keep in mind that individual variation exists—a specimen of Rhodelphis limneticus may display differences not reflected in this image. That’s Biology, lil' fella. That's why I stayed away from the molecular side of things.

I believe that covers the key details. The image is free to use. If you want to translate the labels and such, feel free. The only requirement is to credit me as the author of the drawing: DOTkamina 2025.