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Swimming movement of Favella ehrenbergi
Species name:Favella ehrenbergi
Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo Taniguchi Atsushi
Favella ehrenbergi is a marine ciliate that has a transparent shell shaped like a wineglass and swims in water by using cilia projecting from the mouth of the shell. They contract and retract their body in the shell by receiving a stimulus, but after a time they extend their body and start to swim again.