2012 Small World In Motion Competition
Honorable Mention
2012 Small World In Motion Competition
Wim van Egmond
Micropolitan Museum
Rotterdam,
The Netherlands
- Subject Matter:
Limnias melicerta (a rotifer)
- see: Rotifer (200x)- Technique:
Differential Interference Contrast
see: DIC
This microanimal lives in a self-built tube attached to waterplants. We see the rotifer using fast moving cilia to create a vortex. This enables it to sweep in food particles like algae. Inside the organism we can also see jaw-like structures that grind the food.