Cytoplasmic bridge formed during the conjugation of paramoec:

• The two paramoecia that undergo conjugation are called conjugants.
• During conjugation, the two conjugants come close.
• They usually unite by their oral grooves.
• The pellicle that separates them dissolves and makes the cytoplasm of the two
• paramoecia become continuous, leading to formation of a bridge.
• This bridge is called cytoplasmic bridge.
• In this way cytoplasmic bridge is formed during conjugation between 2 paramoecia.