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Description:
Urotricha (your-owe-trike-a) This ciliate has cilia all over the body surface, typically has a long caudal cilium, and has an ingestion area at the anterior end of the cell. It eats detritus. Common, with many species which are hard to distinguish from each other. Phase contrast.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Prostomatea
- Prorodontida
- Urotrichidae
- Urotricha
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