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Late state of binary fission of Vorticella. The swarmer has developed a collar of cilia for locomotion. Moment shortly before the swarmer disconnected itself from the stalk of mother cell. Sample from a pond on the island of Hiddensee (Baltic Sea, Germany). This image was taken using Zeiss Universal with Olympus C7070 CCD camera.
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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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