English

A suctorian consuming its prey.

Noun

suctorian ‎(plural suctorians)

1. A protist of the subclass Suctoria in the class Phyllopharyngea; a predatory sessile ciliate.
   • 2011, Terence Allen and Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2011, p. 11:

     If the tentacles are touched, the ‘prey’ is instantly paralysed, and the contents of its body are sucked down the tentacle into the body of the suctorian, reducing the prey to a shrivelled husk in a matter of minutes.

Hypernyms

• phyllopharyngean
• ciliophoran
• alveolate
• protist
• eukaryote
• microbe

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See also

• Suctoria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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