Didinium are members of the phylum Ciliophora. It shares many of the common characterstics of other ciliates, such as having two nuclei and being a model organism. However, this is a unique organism as well. Didinium are most famous for their predator-prey relationship with Paramecium, described below.
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microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Didinium
microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Didinium
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Information about the didinium, a protozoan ... The Didinium belongs to the Phyllum Ciliophora. They are from 80-200 um long. ... Didinium are fast moving carnivorous protozoans that feed almost exclusively on live Paramecium.
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www.microscope-microscope.org/applications/pond-critter...
www.microscope-microscope.org/applications/pond-critters/protozoans/ciliphora/didinium.htm
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Micscape Magazine for enthusiast microscopy ... Didinium nasutum is an oval ciliate ranging in size from 60um to 200um, lives in freshwater habitats and is frequently seen in pond samples. It has two bands or girdles of cilia (pectinellae); one round the front pointy end and one band just below the middle.
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www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/art97/dingley3.html
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Didinium nasutum is a carnivorous ciliate with a preference for feeding on species of Paramecium. Accidental contact between a Paramecium and the proboscis of a hungry Didinium (Fig. 1a) causes instantaneous discharge of extrusive organelles from the proboscis.
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www.nature.com/nature/journal/v283/n5750/abs/283869a0.h...
www.nature.com/nature/journal/v283/n5750/abs/283869a0.html
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General information & videos about Didinium. Includes 2 segments of dudinium devouring paramecium ... Didinium - Frentic Carnivore ... Didinium 200x...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoUsG0gH9_s
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Didinium is an haptorid ciliate with an anteriorly located cytostome supported by trichites. Didinium usually can be found eating Paramecium. ... Draw sequences of the stages of the process of Didinium eating Paramecium.
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www.zoology.ubc.ca/courses/bio332/Labs/CiliateProject/d...
www.zoology.ubc.ca/courses/bio332/Labs/CiliateProject/didinium/DIDIweb.htm
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A ring of beating cilia surround the oral cavity of a Didinium laying in wait for its next meal of Paramecium; under phase contrast illumination at a magnification of 200x. ... Didinium is an oval-shaped ciliate that lives in freshwater habitats and is frequently seen in samples of pond water. It preys almost exclusively...
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www.microscopy.fsu.edu/moviegallery/pondscum/protozoa/d...
www.microscopy.fsu.edu/moviegallery/pondscum/protozoa/didinium/t1/didinium01.html
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1. Data Use Agreements ... 2. Citing Data ... The goals and principles of making biodiversity data openly and universally available have been defined in the Memorandum of Understanding on GBIF, paragraph 8 (see the relevant excerpts in the attached Annex).
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data.gbif.org/species/13153602
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BioMEDIA ASSOCIATES, Didinium: A Wolf Comes Calling ... The organism that has wiped out all the paramecia is Didinium, a predator that feeds on only one kind of prey -- species of Paramecium. Now there are a lot of Didinium -- and they are starting to get hungry.
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www.ebiomedia.com/Note-Book/Didinium-A-Wolf-Comes-Calli...
www.ebiomedia.com/Note-Book/Didinium-A-Wolf-Comes-Calling.html
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