Contractile vacuoles
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Detail of the dorsal surface of Monilicaryon monilatus (Stokes, 1886) Jankowski, 1967 showing the single excretory pore of several of the 20 to 40 small contractile vacuoles(See Foissner W., Berger H and Kohmann F. Taxonomische und ökologische Revision der Ciliaten des Saprobiensystems- Band IV: Gymnostomatea, Loxodes, Suctoria. Informationsberichte Bayer. Landesamtes für Wasserwirtschaft. 1/95:185-202, 1995). There is often a larger contractile vacuole at the base of the tail. Collected from a freshwater pond near Boise, Idaho. DIC.
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- Life (creatures)
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
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- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Litostomatea
- Haptoria
- Haptorida
- Dileptida
- Dileptidae
- Monilicaryon
- Monilicaryon monilatum
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