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Description :
Pleuronema (ploo-row-knee-ma) is a scuticociliate - a group that distinguished by a well developed undulating membrane associated with the mouth. The scuticus refers to the hook -shape of the line of cilia associated with the mouth. The scuticus is used to help capture suspended bacteria which are ingested as food. In this individual. Mostly marine. Phase contrast.
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- Life
- Cellular (Organismes cellulaires)
- Eukaryota (eucaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata
- Ciliophora
- Intramacronucleata
- Oligohymenophorea
- Scuticociliatia
- Pleuronematida
- Pleuronematidae
- Pleuronema
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