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Ciliate with a very long neck

Species name: Litonotus

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This ciliate has a very long and narrow neck with a mouth at the bent tip. Twisting its body allows it to move through the narrow openings of aggregates. When it changes directions, its thin body flutters like a ribbon in the wind.

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(2015.08.17)

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