Coleps hirtus hirtus

Jan
29
Posted by sonntag

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Coleps hirtus is a heterotrophic ciliate species that feeds directly on other microbes including bacteria and other protists. To reveal the characteristic pretzel-shaped ‘windows’ of the calcified armor, this individual found in Lake Mondsee (Austria) was strongly squeezed.

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