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Size Reference Flatworm animal: Eucestoda: Tapeworm: length (maximum) 25 m: Eucestoda: Nematode animal: Loa loa: Loa loa: length (female) 20–70 mm: Loa loa: Arthropod animal: Cymothoa exigua: Tongue-eating louse: length (female) 8–29 mm: Cymothoa exigua: Nematode animal: Enterobius: Pinworm: length (female) 8–13 mm: Pinworm (parasite ...
Paramecium (/ ˌ p ær ə ˈ m iː s (i) ə m / PARR-ə-MEE-s(ee-)əm, /-s i ə m /-see-əm, plural "paramecia" only when used as a vernacular name) [2] is a genus of eukaryotic, unicellular ciliates, widespread in freshwater, brackish, and marine environments. Paramecia are often abundant in stagnant basins and ponds.
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Added a label for the buccal overture, a structure frequently mislabeled as the cytostome on diagrams of Paramecium. For an accurate representation of these structures, see: Ralph Wichterman, The Biology of Paramecium, 2nd Edition, 1986 (fig. 1.3A, on... 19:47, 5 June 2017: 1,142 × 1,007 (149 KB) Deuterostome: Lengthened buccal cavity, for ...
Paramecium caudatum [1] is a species of unicellular protist in the phylum Ciliophora. [2] They can reach 0.33 mm in length and are covered with minute hair-like organelles called cilia. [3] The cilia are used in locomotion and feeding. [2] The species is very common, and widespread in marine, brackish and freshwater environments. [4] [5]
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English: Paramecium diagram. The parts are as follows: 1) food vacuoles 2) micronucleus 3) oral groove 4) gullet 5) anal pore 6) contractile vacuole 7) macronucleus 8) cilia. Paramecium move by executing a whiplash movement with the cilia.
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