Coleps ciliates, part 2 of 3

Group: Coleps · Coleps (armoured ciliate)

What you see

Recorded on 11 October 2018. This loop is the 2:04–2:29 part of a 4:34 recording; the full recording is on Commons.

Points to check against your own sample:

  • A few short spines at the rear end in many species.
  • Often in groups, swarming over a dead or injured organism and feeding on it.

Other parts of the same recording: Coleps ciliates, part 1 of 3, Coleps ciliates, part 3 of 3.

Full description and look-alikes: Coleps.

Credit line

Video: Alexander Klepnev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

MP4 1280×720 2.7 MB MP4 640×360 0.5 MB

More clips of this group

0:25Coleps ciliates, part 3 of 3Coleps 0:25Coleps ciliates, part 1 of 3Coleps