oral ciliature
Description:
Epistylis, as if viewed from above the disc - the ciliature of the mouth forms a double wreath around the periphery of the disc, and waves pass along the ciliature driving food particles into the mouth. The waves are seen to the top of this image. Phase contrast.
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- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Oligohymenophorea
- Peritrichia
- Sessilida
- Epistylidae
- Epistylis
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- A. Feng, Wie-Song and D. J. Patterson
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