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Description :
Chilodonella (kai-low-don-ella) is a hypostome ciliate with a mouth stiffened by a palisade of microtubular rods protruding from the ventral surface of the cell. The mouth is used to pick up bacteria and small pieces of detritus and manipulate them into the body. This individual has been eating diatoms. Common in freshwater and marine habitats. Differential interference contrast.
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- Life
- Cellular (Organismes cellulaires)
- Eukaryota (eucaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata
- Ciliophora
- Intramacronucleata
- Phyllopharyngea
- Phyllopharyngia
- Chlamydodontida
- Chilodonellidae
- Chilodonella
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- Michele Bahr and David Patterson
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