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Tom Fenchel and Eugene B. Small; Structure and function of the oral cavity and its organelles in the hymenostome ciliate Glaucoma. Trans.Amer.Micros.Soc. 99(1):52-60, 1980
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The functional morphology of the mouth apparatus for the suspension-feeding tetrahymenine ciliate Glaucoma was analyzed from a series of SEM photographs in conjunction with studies on feeding currents in living cells. The metachronal beating of membranelles 1 and the buccal cavity, the water is strained through membranelle 3 which retains food particles in front of the cytostome. This functional description is consistent with quantitative data on clearing rates and particle size selection.