Ciliates (Ciliophora) is a Browse By group of the Nature Atlas that gathers the ciliates, single-celled protists covered in hair-like cilia such as Paramecium, Stentor and Tetrahymena. An entry belongs here when its own cited article states that it is a ciliate. It excludes amoebae, slime molds and foraminifera. Members are placed by the classification their cited article gives, not by common name or appearance alone.
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Paramecium caudatum (Wikipedia)
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Paramecium caudatum is a species of unicellular protist in the phylum Ciliophora.
Tetrahymena thermophila (Wikipedia)
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Tetrahymena thermophila is a species of Ciliophora in the family Tetrahymenidae.
Paramecium, Wikipedia
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Paramecium ( PARR-ə-MEE-s(ee-)əm, -see-əm, plural "paramecia" only when used as a vernacular name) is a genus of eukaryotic, unicellular ciliates, widespread in freshwater, brackish, and ocean environments.
Stentor (ciliate), Wikipedia
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Stentor (previously known as "trumpet animalcules") is a genus of trumpet-shaped, ciliated protists common to most of the world.
Wikipedia: Tetrahymena
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Tetrahymena is a genus of free-living ciliates, examples of unicellular eukaryotes.
Wikipedia: Blepharisma
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Blepharisma is a genus of unicellular ciliate protists found in fresh and salt water.
Wikipedia: Didinium
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Didinium is a genus of unicellular ciliates with at least ten accepted species.
Wikipedia: Vorticella
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Vorticella is a genus of bell-shaped ciliates that have stalks to attach themselves to substrates.
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