Item Information: Stentor coeruleus
P365 Stentor coeruleus
The textbook 'Trumpet animalcule' a large bluish-green pigmented species with a visibly distinct lobular macronucleus. A prominent crown of membranelles create a vortex attracting food particles towards its buccal cavity. Fascinating to observe swimming or attached, omnivorously browsing on small flagellate and ciliates.