Carchesium polypinum
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Carchesium polypinum is a single-celled cell from the family of the bell animals (Vorticellidae).
features
Individual animals reach a size of up to 145 µm, colonies are up to 3 mm in size. The pedunculate muscle is interrupted at each branch. This enables the individual individuals to contract independently of one another. The stems contract in a spiral. The individuals are slender and bell-shaped. Their outer skin is striped across.
Occurrence and way of life
Carchesium polypinum is cosmopolitan . The species occurs in stagnant and slowly flowing, heavily polluted waters. It settles on detritus , stones, aquatic plants, and aquatic animals such as insects . It feeds on bacteria.
literature
- Herbert W. Ludwig: Animals and plants of our waters . BLV Verlagsgesellschaft, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-405-16487-7 .
Web links
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