dcsimg

portrait

Image of Didinium nasutum

Description:

A somewhat compressed but living individual of this ciliate. Only the anterior of the two bands of cilia are evident. the extrusomes in the anterior mouth are used to capture prey.

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cc-by-nc
author
D. J. Patterson.
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micro*scope
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27477144