Collotheca rotifer. Light microscopy footage of a Collotheca rotifer attached to a strand of algae and 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. Rotifers are microscopic aquatic animals that are related to roundworms. Filmed in a sample of pond water from Berlin, Germany. | |
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