contractile vacuole
Description:
Paramecium with its iconic contractile vacuole. The central vacuole is surrounded by an array of collecting canals which collect fluid from the cytoplasm and feed it into the vacuole. The region of the canals near the vacuole are distensible ampullae. From Lake Donghu, China. Differential interference contrast micrograph.
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Oligohymenophorea
- Peniculida (Peniculid)
- Parameciidae
- Paramecium (slipper animalcules)
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- Feng Weisong; Gu Xiwen; Yang Jun; Miao Wei and David Patterson
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