Euplotes

Group: Walking ciliates · Hypotrichs and relatives (Euplotes, Stylonychia, Oxytricha)

What you see

Recorded on 28 June 2018. This loop is the whole 0:50 recording.

Points to check against your own sample:

  • Movement is jerky: walking, a sudden reverse, a quick turn.
  • Flattened, oval body; seen from the side it is thin, from above broad.

Full description and look-alikes: Walking ciliates.

Credit line

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

MP4 720p 3.9 MB MP4 360p 0.7 MB

More clips of this group

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