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Description:
Portrait of Lembadion. Convex dorsum with concave ventral surface mostly occupied by large scoop-like buccal cavity. Buccal ciliature forms prominent "membranes" on right and left of buccal cavity. Swims rapidly rotating on long axis. Often with long tuft of caudal cilia. Dorsal contractile vacuole with collecting canals. From freshwater pond near Boise, Idaho. Brightfield.
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- Life (creatures)
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Oligohymenophorea
- Peniculida (Peniculid)
- Lembadionidae
- Lembadion
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