Vorticella campanula

Vorticella campanula
	Vorticella campanula
Systematics
without rank:	Conthreep
without rank:	Oligohymenophorea
Order :	Sessilida
Family :	Bell animals (Vorticellidae)
Genre :	Vorticella
Type :	Vorticella campanula
Scientific name
	Vorticella campanula
	Ehrenberg , 1831

Vorticella campanula is a unicellular cell from the family of the bell animals (Vorticellidae). The species can be found in only slightly polluted waters, where itlivesattached to aquatic plants and animals. It feeds on bacteria .

features

Vorticella campanula is 50 to 150 micrometers in size and bell-shaped. The peristome disk has a transverse diameter that is 0.75 to 1.25 times the body height. The stem is up to 700 micrometers long and relatively thick with a width of 8 to 12 micrometers. It contracts in spirals. The species does not form colonies.

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Heinz Streble , Dieter Krauter : Life in the water drop. Microflora and microfauna of freshwater. An identification book. Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-440-11966-2 .

Web links

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[Wassertropfen-1] A ^b Heinz Streble , Dieter Krauter : Life in the water drop. Microflora and microfauna of freshwater. An identification book. Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-440-11966-2 .