Colpodellida is an order of alveolate eukaryotes, which includes small predatory species such as Colpodella pugnax. They are active predatory flagellates that consume small protists.[2] However they do not fully injest the prey, rather they absorb/“suck” the contents from the prey partially or fully. This method of “sucking” the contents from the prey is termed as mizocytosis.[3]
Colpodellida is an order of alveolate eukaryotes, which includes small predatory species such as Colpodella pugnax. They are active predatory flagellates that consume small protists. However they do not fully injest the prey, rather they absorb/“suck” the contents from the prey partially or fully. This method of “sucking” the contents from the prey is termed as mizocytosis.
