Opercularia ampluscolonia
Opercularia ampluscolonia is a species of freshwater, colonial, sessiline peritrich ciliates. This species produces a branched stalk that is often delicately striate in a longitudinal direction. There can be more than ninety-seven zooids per branched stalk. Zooids reproduce asexually and form dense clusters at the ends of each branch. This filter-feeding protist inhabits ponds in Mendocino County, California.
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Family: | Operculariidae |
Genus: | Opercularia |
Species: | O. ampluscolonia |
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References
External links
- http://starcentral.mbl.edu/eutree_workshop/protistiary/index.htm
- http://www.microbes.info/
- http://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/index.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20091130123217/http://starcentral.mbl.edu/microscope/portal.php?pagetitle=index
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