Microscope discovery

[Minireeftank]

I was looking at a little sample of sand under a microscope and among other things (lots of ostracods and Forams) I saw this beautiful purple organism but have no idea what it is! Could anyone identify this for me?

[lakshwadeep]

Does it move? The two shapes I'm thinking of are gorgonians (sea fans) and sea cucumbers, but maybe those are much bigger than this.

[mcarroll]

I have to guess some kind of red algae.  I really don't know though.   Check out the red algae section on PhycoKey to see if anything there looks vaguely similar.

 

http://cfb.unh.edu/phycokey/phycokey.htm