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Vorticella is a
genus of bell-shaped
ciliates that have
stalks to
attach themselves to substrates. The
stalks have
contractile myonemes,
allowing them...
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protozoon Vorticella campanula is
found in
freshwater ponds, lakes, rivers, and
streams with
aquatic vegetation. It has a
global distribution.
Vorticella campanula...
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Vorticella convallaria is a
species of ciliates. It is the type
species of the
genus Vorticella. It
resembles V. campanula, but
differs in
being somewhat...
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Vorticella convallaria is a
species of ciliates. It
forms part of the V.
convallaria species complex. V.
citrina is
lemon yellow to
light green in colour...
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Ctenophila vorticella is a
species of
small air-breathing land snails,
terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the
family Euconulidae, the hive snails...
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Syncopacma cinctella (Clerck, 1759)
Synonyms Phalaena vorticella Scopoli, 1763
Syncopacma vorticella (Scopoli, 1763)
Phalaena cinctella Clerck, 1759 Phalaena...
- Rotifers,
termed wheel animalcules. Stentor,
termed trumpet animalcules.
Vorticella, and
other peritrichs,
termed bell animalcules. The
concept seems to have...
- lenses,
constructed basic optical microscopes and drew protozoa, such as
Vorticella from rain water, and
bacteria from his own mouth. 1665:
Robert Hooke discovered...
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either solitary or
produce branched colonies. A few
secrete a lorica.
Vorticella is one of the best-known genera.
Stalks may be as long as 2 mm, and in...
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macroalgae (e.g.
Enteromorpha intestinalis, Ulothrix) and
protozoans (e.g.
Vorticella,
Zoothamnium sp.) to
attach themselves.
Within two to
three w****s, the...
