Aspidisca "walking" on substrate
Description:
[taxonomy:genus=Aspidisca] Aspidisca is a hypotrich ciliate that uses its cirri (compound ciliated structures) to "walk" like a tiny insect across the surface it is exploring.
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- Life (creatures)
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Spirotrichea
- Hypotrichia
- Euplotida
- Aspidiscidae
- Aspidisca
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