mouth
Description:
Paramecium (aurelia) (par-a-mee-see-um) is a very familiar genus of ciliates and this (morpho) species is best distinguished by the presence of two small micronuclei pressed up against the macronucleus. This image shows the peniculi or compound ciliary organelles in the mouth. Phase contrast.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Oligohymenophorea
- Peniculida (Peniculid)
- Parameciidae
- Paramecium (slipper animalcules)
- Paramecium aurelia-komplex
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