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Oligohymenophorea (formerly Nassophorea): Peniculida: Parameciidae

Paramecium caudatum
Ehrenberg, 1838

Intact cells

Paramecium caudatum intact cells Genus: Cigar- or foot-shaped; a single macronucleus and 1 to several vesicular or compact micronuclei (Kudo, 1966).
Species: 180-300 μm long; a compact micronucleus; two contractile vacuoles (Kudo, 1966). Cylindrical or cigar-shaped; rounded anteriorly, pointed posteriorly; one large compact micronucleus ("caudatum" group) approximately 8 μm diam.; two contractile vacuoles; 170-290 μm long (Wichterman, 1986). Elongate, rounded anteriorly, pointed posteriorly; caudal cilia present; 180-280 μm long; a single macronucleus with a single micronucleus; two contractile vacuoles (Carey, 1992).

P. caudatum, strain 27aG3 type O, vegetative cell, cell body slightly flattened by pressing with coverglass, 260 μm long, 98 μm wide, living cell observed by differential-interference-contrast microscopy; by A. Yanagi
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