Protista Tutorials (also shows rotifers)

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Amoeba proteus Whole specimen (100x); pseudopod formation (400x) Size = 547.8 kb; time = 8.16 sec.
Euglena gracilis Typical locomotion (400x) Size = 509.6 kb; time = 7.29 sec.)
Euplotes sp. Shows membranelles, locomotion using cirri (400x) Size = 587.1 kb; time = 10.00 sec.
Paramecium caudatum Locomotion (100x, 400x); note contractile vacuole at 400x Size = 1024 kb; time = 18.05 sec.
Peranema sp. Note action of locomotory flagellum (400x) Size = 458.6 kb; time = 7.06 sec.
Peridinium sp. Swimming individual; note cellulose plates of dead specimen (400x) Size = 637.1 kb; time = 9.29 sec.
Rotifers (Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Rotifera) Several species; shows two types of feeding behavior (100x) Size = 968.4 kb; time = 15.05 sec.
Physarum polycelhalum Plasmodial Slime Mold Note cytoplasmic streaming and reversal (100x) Size = 664.5 kb; time = 11.20 sec.
Stentor coerulus Note bead-like string of macronucleus; feeding currents (100x) Size = 905.5 kb; time = 14.04 sec.
Trichonymphia sp. Note numerous flagella, wood particles (100x) Size = 428.5 kb; time = 7.09 sec.
Vorticella sp. Note feeding currents (400x) Size = 616.4 kb; time = 10.13 sec.

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