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The 23rd chapter of the “Inhabitants of the microworld” series is called “Egg carriers”.

Copepods are among the most abundant animals in the aquatic ecosystems. Some studies reported that its biomass in the ocean is bigger than the total biomass of the rest of the marine animals. These tiny crustaceans are not exclusively marine. Almost every fresh water mass, from lakes to the water secluded into the bromeliads (those plants growing over the trees in the rainforest), can be colonized by copepods. One of the most amazing characteristics of copepods is that females carry their eggs in egg-sacs during the complete embryonic development period. From these eggs will hatch small larvae called nauplius that, after some moult episodes, will become adult copepods.

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The 22nd chapter of the “Inhabitants of the microworld” series is called “Long-legged folk”.

Pholcidae, also known as “daddy long-legs spiders” or “cellar spiders” are spiders very common in our houses. These spiders have long and slim legs recovered by small hairs. They are excellent allies because they chase a lot of insects inside our homes. Females use to be bigger than males and have a larger abdomen. Males have thickened pedipalps transformed into copulatory organs with which they introduce the spermatophore into the genital orifice of the females.

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Here are the links to the news of each video we have published so far:

1. Microbial mats
2. Beast and beauty
3. Fan fighters
4. Caddisflies
5. Red Midge
6. Dancing flatworm
7. Born in a drop
8. Down-up. Reflections
9. Lethal softness
10. Ephemeral life
11. Micro scavengers
12. Backswimmer’s pond
13. Lonely Alona
14. Tiger ready
15. Water bear
16. Sliding amoeba
17. Phantom killer
18. Tiny bells
19. Flexible needle
20. Micro stars
21. Contractible trumpets

The 21st chapter of the “Inhabitants of the microworld” series is called “Contractible trumpets”.

Stentor is a very special ciliate. Its trumpet-like shape, with the ciliated Crown on its anterior region, makes him easily recognizable, and its size (can reach 2 mm in length) makes him stand out from the other tiny protozoans. One of the more studied characteristics of Stentor is its extraordinary speed of contraction, measured in about 15 milliseconds. Such amazing speed of contraction allows Stentor to literally disappear when some danger is detected in the surroundings of the cell.

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The 20th chapter of the “Inhabitants of the microworld” series is called “Micro stars”.

There are already 20 videos from the series Inhabitants of the Microworld on our Science into Images channel. To celebrate it, in this short we wanted to pay a tribute to the protagonists of all the stories we tell. They are small, sometimes VERY small, but they have a HUGE importance in our planet. THANK YOU FOR EXISTING! and THANK YOU FOR LETTING US EXIST!

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The 19th chapter of the “Inhabitants of the microworld” series is called “Flexible needle”.

Spirostomum is a singular ciliated protozoarian. It is one of the longer ciliates–if not the longest–and can reach 4.5 mm length. Its body is elongate, slim and flexible, characteristics that are very important to wander among the particles of the sediment, where Spirostomum feeds mainly on bacteria. That flexibility is due to the presence of myonemes, muscular filaments running along the rows of cilia covering the surface of the cell. At the posterior end of the cell it appears a big vacuole that, in some positios, confers Spirostomum its characteristic aspect of a needle.

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The 18th chapter of the “Inhabitants of the microworld” series is called “Tiny bells”.

Ciliates of the genus Vorticella are among the most attractive and delicate protozoans. They are single celled organisms of no more than 80 micrometres in length (80 thousandths of a millimetre) and have a very slim peduncle able to contract in a spiral shape. With that peduncle Vorticella ciliates attach themselves to the substrate or to the small particles while filtering the water thanks to the currents created by the cilia located around their upper part. They are voracious predators of bacteria, thus we can consider them as important purifiers of the fresh waters.

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