Conchophthirus was deciliated by calcium ion shock followed by shearing through a 22 gauge needle. This revealed the location of the deciliated basal bodies and the cell's surface architecture. In thi...

Didinium nasutum showing the two prominent girdles of cilia in full metachronous beat. If you look at higher magnification you will see the occasional short, blunt clavate cilia. These are known to no...

The aboral view of Didinium showing seven contractile vacuole pores for it's single posterior contractile vacuole and metachronous waves of cilia in one of the two characteristic ciliary girdles of Di...