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Description:
Litonotus, predatory ciliate. Flattened with mouth located along convex outer edge of the front part of the cell. Numerous extrusomes lie under the mouth. With two large macronuclei located on either side of a smaller micronucleus., From Lake Donghu, China. Phase contrast micrograph.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Litostomatea
- Haptoria
- Pleurostomatida
- Litonotidae
- Litonotus
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- Feng Weisong; Gu Xiwen; Yang Jun; Miao Wei and David Patterson
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