Lacrymaria, Phil Gates @ beyondthehumaneye.blogspot.com
Go check out the post in Beyond the Human Eye, a really cool microscopy blog I just came across! Also contains links to pages with movies...
(no time for makeshift review articles, completely swamped with stuff. You're safe this time around =P)
I ran into this while struggling to identify a "swan-necked" ciliate of my own.
ReplyDeleteI don't think it's a Lacrymaria at all. There's a big cytostome clearly visible at the base of the neck (and nothing where the "mouth" should be on a lacrymaria). In the accompanying video on "Beyond the Human Eye" the thrashing "elephant's trunk" movement reminds me very much of Dileptus, actually. Lacrymaria's neck is insanely extendible, and its movements are quicker.