Vorticella
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Vorticella is a genus of bell-shaped ciliates that have stalks to attach themselves to substrates. The stalks have contractile myonemes, allowing them to pull the cell body against substrates.[1] The formation of the stalk happens after the free-swimming stage.[2]
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Vorticella | |
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Vorticella convallaria as illustrated by C.G. Ehrenberg in 1838 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Ciliophora |
Class: | Oligohymenophorea |
Order: | Sessilida |
Family: | Vorticellidae |
Genus: | Vorticella L. (1767) |
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