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Oligohymenophorea (formerly Nassophorea): Peniculida: Parameciidae

 Paramecium jenningsi
Diller & Earl, 1958

Paramecium jenningsi Genus: Cigar- or foot-shaped; a single macronucleus and 1 to several vesicular or compact microuclei (Kudo, 1966).
Species: Resembles P. aurelia in shape; 115-218 μm long; two micronclei larger than those of P. aurelia (Kudo, 1966).

P. jenningsi, cell body 140 μm long, μm wide, x 400, Japan, 199? by Y. Tsukii
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P. jenningsi stained with azure C, two micronuclei, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 400, by Y. Tsukii
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Paramecium jenningsi, silver-stained, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 400, Japan, 199? by Y. Tsukii
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