on hydra
Description:
Kerona pediculus (O. F. Muller, 1773) Blochmann, 1886) , a hypotrich ciliate that lives on the surface of freshwater Hydra, and can consume epithelial and other cells from its host. Phase contrast optics.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Spirotrichea
- Stichotrichia
- Stichotrichida
- Keronidae
- Kerona
- Kerona pediculus
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