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""Bunny-eared" blue ciliate from Belize"


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Ciliate from the family Folliculinidae, from a surface colonization experiment deployed at the margin of mangrove forest at Twin Cayes, Belize. The "bunny ears" are known as peristomal wings, and they carry part of the oral ciliature involved in feeding. [taxonomy:family=Folliculinidae]

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