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Description:
Vaginicola (vadge-in-ee-cola) is a sessile peritrich ciliate. The cells live within a lorica. often found in pairs, the cells attach to the base of the lorica by the posterior ends of the cell. they can contract into the lorica. The oral cilia form a wreath around the anterior end of the cell. No body ciliature. Differential interference contrast.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Oligohymenophorea
- Peritrichia
- Sessilida
- Vaginicolidae
- Vaginicola
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