mouth

Description:

Chilodonella (kai-low-don-ella) is a hypostome ciliate with a mouth stiffened by a palisade of microtubular rods protruding from the ventral surface of the cell. The mouth is used to pick up bacteria and small pieces of detritus and manipulate them into the body. Detail of the mouth to show the rods (nemadesmata). Common in freshwater and marine habitats. Differential Interference Contrast