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Oligohymenophorea (formerly Nassophorea): Peniculida: Parameciidae

 Paramecium multimicronucleatum
Powers & Mitchell, 1910

Paramecium multimicronucleatum Genus: Cigar- or foot-shaped; a single macronucleus and 1 to several vesicular or compact microuclei (Kudo, 1966).
Species: 200-330 μm long; a single macronucleus; four or more vesicular micronuclei; three to seven contractile vacuoles (Kudo, 1966). 200-350 μm long; four vesicular micronuclei (How to know the protozoa, 1979).

P. multimicronucleatum strain CH308, cell body 230 μm long, 65 μm wide, x 400, Japan, 199? by Y. Tsukii
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P. multimicronucleatum strain CH308, stained with azure C, by Y. Tsukii
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Paramecium multimicronucleatum strain CH308, silver-stained, by Y. Tsukii
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