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Description:
Glaucoma (glaw-comb-a) is a tetrahymenine ciliate (very closely related to Tetrahymena). It is flattened, but is made distinctive because the three membranelles in the mouth are very strongly developed. Eats bacteria. This shows variation among individuals within a population. Phase contrast.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Oligohymenophorea
- Hymenostomatida
- Tetrahymenina
- Glaucomidae
- Glaucoma
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