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Description:
Vorticella, common peritrich ciliate. The stalk contains a contractile element called the spasmoneme - seen as a dark line in the picture. Oral cilia form a wreath around the broad flattened end of the cell. Phase contrast illumination.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Oligohymenophorea
- Peritrichia
- Sessilida
- Vorticellidae
- Vorticella (bell animalcules)
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