dcsimg

Myrionecta or Mesodinium rubrum

Image de Mesodinium rubrum

Description :

Image of Mesodinium rubrum. This ciliate contains chloroplasts (the dark brown areas in this specimen). It usually functions as a plant, living from photosynthesis. However, ocassionally it needs to replensish its supply of chloroplasts by eating a particular kind of microscopic protist- a 'cryptophyte'.

Informations sur la provenance

licence
cc-by-sa-3.0
droit d’auteur
John Dolan
créateur
John Dolan
contributeur
John Dolan
éditeur de publication
Aquaparadox
fournisseur
AquaParadox
original
fichier de média d’origine
visiter la source
site partenaire
Aquaparadox
ID
27947885