Ciliate Urotricha the spinning top with hooks

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 4:53 pm

In a bottle of freshwater,
rotating between algae Elodea,
Urotricha looks for its food
Is small, about 30um (0.03mm) long,
Its body is covered with cilia (small "hairs" that serve to swim)
A more long cilium was born in its rear end.
Its "mouth" ends in modified cilia similar to "hooks".
I am grateful to Bruce Taylor
http://www.itcamefromthepond.com/
her always generous help
Phase contrast 100X objective
Analog Camera Sony DXC990
Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytPoAk7d2y4
Regards
carlos
PD. video is not very good but the ciliate is interesting

piermicro · Post by **piermicro** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 7:04 am

Very nice indeed.

carlos.uruguay · Post by **carlos.uruguay** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 2:57 pm

Thanks Pier

RogelioMoreno · Post by **RogelioMoreno** » Fri Aug 08, 2014 3:51 am

Interesting specimen!

Rogelio

Protos · Post by **Protos** » Sun Aug 10, 2014 10:42 pm

Again another very interesting video with a peculiar ciliate !
Love it

Phil