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Description:
Aspidisca is a small, atypical hypotrich ciliate with cilia clustered together to form little 'legs'. A small group of cilia, used for feeding, is near the back (lower right of the image) of the cell.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Spirotrichea
- Hypotrichia
- Euplotida
- Aspidiscidae
- Euplotina
- Aspidisca
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- David J Patterson
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