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Description:
Trithigmostoma, browsing ciliate that will ingest attached bacteria and algae. Image emphasizing mouth with rods and apical teeth, but also showing the frustules of diatoms that have been ingested. Collected with debris from the shore adjacent to Tvarminne Zoological Station, 3rd April 2012.
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Phyllopharyngea
- Phyllopharyngia
- Chlamydodontida
- Chilodonellidae
- Trithigmostoma
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