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Untersuchungen über das Gruppenverhalten von Colpidium colpoda (Ciliata, Hymenostomata)
Author(s) -
Kersken Helmut
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
zeitschrift für tierpsychologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.739
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1439-0310
pISSN - 0044-3573
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1979.tb00681.x
Subject(s) - ciliata , biology , bacteria , protozoa , zoology , botany , paleontology
Social behaviour is usually expected only in animals that possess a highly developed nervous system. But it is also found in ciliates of the species Colpidium colpoda , which do not live isolated but in large groups on substrate containing bacteria.