Didinium nasutum as illustrated by Schewiakoff, 1896
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Clade:
Diaphoretickes
Clade:
SAR
Clade:
Alveolata
Phylum:
Ciliophora
Class:
Litostomatea
Order:
Haptorida
Family:
Didiniidae
Genus:
Didinium Stein, 1859
Didinium is a genus of unicellular ciliates with at least ten accepted species. All are free-living carnivores. Most are found in fresh and brackish water, but three marine species are known. Their diet consists largely of Paramecium, although they will also attack and consume other ciliates.[1] Some species, such as D. gargantua, also feeds on non-ciliate protists, including dinoflagellates, cryptomonads, and green algae.[2]
^Berger, Jacques (October 1979). "The Feeding Behavior of Didinium nasutum on an Atypical Prey Ciliate (Colpidium campylum)". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 98 (4): 487–94. doi:10.2307/3225898. JSTOR 3225898.
^Kypke, Reinhard. "Didinium gargantua Meunier, 1910". www.zooplankton.cn. Archived from the original on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
Didinium is a genus of unicellular ciliates with at least ten accepted species. All are free-living carnivores. Most are found in fresh and brackish water...
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they derive nutrients and a degree of protection from predators such as Didinium nasutum. Numerous bacterial endosymbionts have been identified in species...
model in the laboratory have often failed; for example, when the protozoan Didinium nasutum is added to a culture containing its prey, Paramecium caudatum...
and Rhynchostomatia. Haptoria includes mostly carnivorous forms such as Didinium, a species of which preys primarily on the ciliate Paramecium. Trichostomatia...
another series of experiments with the infusorians Paramecium as prey and Didinium as a predator, imitating periodical migrations, he obtained nearly ideally...
may include species of the following genera: Amoeba Arcella Blepharisma Didinium Euglena Hypotrich Paramecium Suctoria Stylonychia Vorticella Chironomidae...
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