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Didinium

Genus: Didinium

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Field Notes

Description:

Didinium has a needle-like trichocyst which it uses to impale its victim (usually a Paramecium) then devour its prey whole.

Habitat:

Vernal pond in SW Pennsylvania.

Notes:

You can best see the piercing trichocyst when the Didinium rotates and faces left near the final third of the video.

https://youtu.be/_Q6YOesI-gY

Reference Links:

Didinium - Wikipedia

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