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Home / Non-PS_Flagellates_and_Ciliates / Ciliates / Frontonia |
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Morphology: |
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Broadly ovoid, 60 – 300 um long, covered with cilia. One macronucleus and up to three micronuclei. One or more contractile vacuoles that may have radiating canals.. |
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Classification: |
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Pecinuline ciliates. Order Peniculida; Family Frontoniidae |
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Similar genera: |
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Paramecium
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Habitat: |
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Common in freshwater and marine plankton and benthos.
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