Gastrotrich, recording 1

Group: Gastrotrichs · Gastrotricha (Chaetonotus and relatives)

What you see

Recorded on 16 September 2014. This loop is the whole 0:13 recording.

Points to check against your own sample:

  • A forked tail end (adhesive toes).
  • Smooth gliding, like a ciliate, but clearly many-celled with a gut.

Full description and look-alikes: Gastrotrichs.

Credit line

Video: Jon Houseman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

MP4 720×480 0.8 MB MP4 540×360 0.2 MB

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