Collotheca rotifer. Light microscopy footage of a Collotheca rotifer unfolding its corona of cilia, which it uses to feed. Collotheca is a sessile benthic rotifer. It secretes a transparent mucous tube into which it retreats when disturbed. This defence reflex is seen at the end of this clip. Rotifers are microscopic aquatic animals that are related to roundworms. Filmed in a sample of pond water from Berlin, Germany. | |
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