Rotifer
Editor's Pics Oct 10, 2019
Credit: Cell Image Library
This differential interference contrast image shows a rotifer (Floscularia ringens) feeding by rapidly beating its cilia (hair-like structures) to bring water containing food towards it. The tube that it resides in is a self-built protective shelter that it retreats into when needed.
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