Colpoda in detail at 400× 2

Group: Other free-swimming ciliates · Colpoda, Litonotus, Frontonia, Loxophyllum, Dileptus, Loxodes and many more

Compare with the Other free-swimming ciliates description: a single cell with cilia, a mouth area and food vacuoles inside; no jaw, no gut.

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Video: John Alan Elson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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