Vorticella

Vorticella
Vorticella convallaria as illustrated by C.G. Ehrenberg in 1838
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Class: Oligohymenophorea
Order: Sessilida
Family: Vorticellidae
Genus: Vorticella
Linnaeus, 1767
Species

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Vorticella is a genus of bell-shaped ciliates that have stalks to attach themselves to substrates. The stalks have contractile myonemes, allowing them to pull the cell body against substrates. The formation of the stalk happens after the free-swimming stage.

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