Didinium captures Paramecium. Paramecium is almost completely ingested and the proboscis is beginning to reform. This micrograph was taken in 1968 by G. Antipa on a Cambridge Mark IIA operating at 20k...

Didinium captures Paramecium. After reeling in the prey with cyclosis tugging at the attached toxicysts the proboscis opens to engage the Paramecium. This micrograph was taken in 1968 by G. Antipa on ...

Didinium captures Paramecium. At midingestion and showing metachronous waves of cilia within the two characteristic ciliary girdles of Didinium nasutum. This micrograph was taken in 1968 by G. Antipa ...

Apical oral view of Didinium. Showing the proboscis containing extrusive organelles to demobilize and eventually engulph it's prey. Metachronous waves of cilia in the anterior girdle of the two charac...

The ingestion of Paramecium by Didinium. This micrograph also clearly shows the five short rows of clavate cilia (ciliary stubs without central microtubules) that reside just below the anterior and po...

Didinium captures Paramecium. Also showing metachronous waves of cilia in the two characteristic ciliary girdles of Didinium nasutum. This micrograph was taken in 1968 by G. Antipa on a Cambridge Mar...

A view of the left side of Conchophthirus curtus deciliated by a calcium shock method to reveal the organization of the ciliature of this densely ciliated organism. In particular this method reveals t...

Conchophthirus was deciliated by calcium ion shock followed by shearing through a micropipette. This revealed the location of the deciliated basal bodies and the cell's surface architecture. In this i...

Figure 316 from Chapter 13 (Cilia and Flagella) of 'The Cell' by Don W. Fawcett M.D. The differences in size and shape of cilia and microvilli are well illustrated by scanning micrographs of the lumen...

Didinium intiates capture of Paramecium. Believe-it-or-not, this Didinium may accomplish the ingestion of the Paramecium in less than one minute. See other images in the link below. Also showing metac...