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COLLOTHECA ORNATA CORNUTA | ||||
Size [µm] | 240 - 650 | |||
Characteristics | Crown with 1-7 lobes. On the lobes, fans with long ciliar bristles, which rapidly catch prey. Mouth is a broad funnel which leads into a so called vestibulum. Mostly sessile in jellyish sheaths. Species 5-lobed. Often quite abundant. | |||
Habitate | Lakes and ponds. | |||
To see images, please click on thumbnails below. | ||||
Images |
Specimen on Myriophyllum. 220 µm. |
Animal waiting for prey in the relaxed state. This capture published in "Integrative Animal Biology" (Fig. 3.27D). |
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Animal has closed the mouth to ingest the caught ciliate prey. |
short Collotheca QT-movie |
Feeding Collotheca female. A female in the relaxed state waits for prey. Sensing a ciliate, the crown is closed and the prey ingested. Then, the animal is again in the relaxed state. | ||
General informations from: H Streble and D Krauter: Das Leben im Wassertropfen. 8th edition, Frankh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 1988 |
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