-
Litostomatea have a type of
extrusome called a
toxicyst. As
their name suggests, when extruded, the
toxicyst will
release toxic material to
inhibit the ciliate’s...
- and a tip.
Toxicysts (in
Dileptus and
certain other carnivorous protozoans) tend to be
localized around the mouth. When discharged, a
toxicyst expels a...
- of the body kineties, and a ring of
characteristic extrusomes called toxicysts.
These discharge on
contact with prey,
penetrating and
immobilizing them...
-
extrudes tube-like
structures to
force toxicysts into its prey and wait
until its prey
becomes paralyzed.
These toxicysts, however,
takes about 5–10 minutes...
- A
voracious predator, D.
nasutum uses
specialized structures called toxicysts to
ensnare and
paralyze its
ciliate prey. Once captured, the prey is engulfed...
- oval
shape that
narrows at the
anterior end. The
cells have 1 μm long
toxicysts, a type of
organelle that is
extruded from the cell and are used to immobilize...
