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Oligohymenophorea (formerly Nassophorea): Peniculida: Parameciidae

Paramecium multimicronucleatum
Powers & Mitchell, 1910

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).
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Paramecium multimicronucleatum
P. multi.
stock CH308
230 x 65 μm
Japan, 199?
Paramecium multimicronucleatum
P. multi.
Mic. visible
250 x μm
Kanazawa
Ishikawa, 2002
Paramecium
P. multi. ??
230 x 53 μm
drainage ditch
Kurihashi
Saitama, 2006
Similar genus --> > P. caudatum;

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Paramecium multimicronucleatum
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