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Description:
The Paramecium, shown in this image, was flattened slightly to make the cell components more visible. The cell is covered with hundreds of cilia. The dark structure upper right is the macronucleus.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Oligohymenophorea
- Peniculida (Peniculid)
- Parameciidae
- Paramecium (slipper animalcules)
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- David J Patterson
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