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Limnias 1
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Limnias ceratophylli - The wheeling
apparatus seems to consist of two wheels of cilia.
Being shaken the animals can swiftly retreat into their living-tubes which they
build themselves from protein droppings and can't be left anymore.
Limnias 2
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Limnias ceratophylli - Limnias warfting prey inside
(mouth cavity not visible) with two Closterium algae attached to the tube.
The living-tubes of rotifers are often used by smaller organisms, e.g. smaller
wheel animals or Vorticellae as anchor ground.