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Description:
Portrait of large haptorid ciliate Homalozoon vermiculare (STOKES,1887)STOKES,1890. Laterally flattened. Bluntly rounded anteriorly and tapered posteriorly. Contractile. Slit-like oral aperture with prominent oral bulge extrusomes. Multiple small contractile vacuoles along lateral margin. Macronucleus moniliform. Brightfield. From standing freshwater with abundant decomposing leaves near Boise, Idaho.
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Litostomatea
- Haptoria
- Haptorida
- Homalozoonidae
- Homalozoon
- Homalozoon vermiculare
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