Vorticella convallaria

Vorticella convallaria

Vorticella convallaria, also known as " Lily of the Valley ", is a Protistenart from the family of Vorticella ( Vorticellidae ). The species is found in more polluted waters, the water quality class III, where she lives as a gray - white coating on rocks and other substrates in colony -like groups tacked. It feeds on bacteria.

Features

Vorticella campanula is 50 to 95 microns in size and slim - bell-shaped. Behind the Peristomscheibe the body is slightly retracted, the style is thin and may contain secretory granules. He contracted in spirals. It makes no colonies, but colony - lives similar in groups.