Stylonychia mytilus ( Muller, 1773 )
Description:
The cell body measures 100-300 micron in lenght and is dorsoventrally flattened, with a rounded anterior end and a slyghtly pointed posterior end. It has two ovoid macronuclei and two spherical micronuclei. The somatic ciliature consists of 8 frontal cirri, 5 trasverse cirri, 3 caudal cirri, 20-25 right marginal cirri and 15 left marginal cirri ( Tuffrau, 1965 ).
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- Life (creatures)
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Spirotrichea
- Stichotrichia
- Sporadotrichida
- Oxytrichidae
- Stylonychia
- Stylonychia mytilus
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