A ciliate with a slender body is hanging around a particle, and sometimes sticks its head into the particle, probably for foraging. We can see plenty of food and the movements of the contractive vacuole.
Commentary by Prof. Yuji Tsukii, Hosei University Stylonychia is characterized by three straight cirri at the rear end of the cell.
This ciliate is busily foraging back and forth, changing directions and passing between particles. There are cirri at the front and rear of its slender body, and the cirri at the front are especially active.
Commentary by Prof. Yuji Tsukii, Hosei University This organism is Amphisiella, which belongs to subclass Stichotrichia.
The shape of this ciliate reminds us of a peanut shell. We can see cirri at the front and rear ends of its slender body. To catch food, it repeats an erratic pattern of going forward, stopping, and changing directions. When it makes contact with a food particle, its flexible mouth wraps around the prey to consume it.
Commentary by Prof. Yuji Tsukii, Hosei University Here we can see an Amphisiella with 5 transverse cirri at its rear end.
