Paramecium Paramecium

Nassophorea: Nassophoria: Peniculida: Parameciidae

Paramecium sp.

Paramecium trichium Genus: Cigar- or foot-shaped; a single macronucleus and 1 to several vesicular or compact microuclei (Kudo, 1966).
Species:


Paramecium sp. (very similar to P. caudatum), cell body 133 μm long, 34 μm wide, anterior end truncated, with three contractile vacuoles (?; No of C.V. changed to two after changing culture condition), x 640, Furu-tone river, Kasukabe city, Saitama Pref., Japan, February 15, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
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