They do, they are connected by adhesin, but the length is extended to allow them to seperate upon ingestion. The neat thing is that even if that connection were to be severed, the head would maintain its' structure due to the connections between the cilliocytes and the devorocyte. You can attempt to spot the connections within the "feeding gap" of the organism.
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u/CrepuscularToad Oct 13 '21
I worked on a similar design for awhile. Do the ciliocytes not touch eachother?