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""Searching" behavior in a trachelocercid ciliate"


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Trachelocercid ciliates, commonly known as "swan-necked ciliates", live in marine sediment. This video shows how they make tentative movements with their knob-shaped head, and how they can contract quite quickly from time to time. [taxonomy:family=Trachelocercidae]

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brandon seah
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brandon seah
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