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A mixotrophic oligotrich ciliate: Tontonia

Image of Tontonia Fauré-Fremiet 1914

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Species in this genus of oligotrichs retain chloroplasts in the algae they eat and profit from the photosynthesis of the 'stolen' chloroplasts. The tail is contractile and can stretch out hundreds of microns. The ciliate bounces around as if on a pogo stick

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