Cinetochilum ciliate "walking" on substrate
Description:
[taxonomy:genus=Cinetochilum] A scuticociliate with ventral ciliature and a flattened-oval body. It swims around and also uses its cilia to "walk" on substrates, as this video shows. Three long "tail" (caudal) cilia.
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- Life
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Oligohymenophorea
- Scuticociliatia
- Philasterida
- Cinetochilidae
- Cinetochilum
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