https://inaturalist.org Observation of the Day for May 29, 2026: Chocolate Tube Slimes [Protozoa], by user: muinungo
[via @inatrepostbot]
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/359513345
Kitsap County, WA, USA
2026-05-06T08:55:00-07:00
Credit: (c) Jen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Weekend #Plankton #Factoid 🦠🦐
Ciliates are a phylum of asexually reproducing #protozoans familiar to many people because of Paramecium. However, they are very diverse with likely ~30k species, using a variety of lifestyles, and live in most water habitats using their hair-like cilia to move and feed. Most are heterotrophic but some also photosynthesize. Unique to eukaryotes they have 2 nucleii. Shelled loricated #ciliates such as tintinnids are well known in the #fossil record >500 MYA. #science