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Feeding

Image of Actinophryida

Description:

The heliozoon has enclosed a Colpidium (ciliate) cell. A Polytomella (flagellate) cell is caught on the arms. Two Polytomella cells have already been lysed - a fate that will befall the ciliate. Nucleus is evident in the center of the actinophryid cell.

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D. J. Patterson.
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