Blepharisma

Phylum: Ciliophora

Class: Heterotrichea

Order: Heterotrichida

Family: Blepharismidae

 

 

Blepharismidae is a family of unicellular ciliate protists found in fresh and salt water.

 

Body elongate and lenticular, size varies from medium (50 um long) to very large (1 mm long), anterior bluntly pointed with slightly curved lip. Terminal pole rounded. Body is non-contractile but variable in size and shape even within clonal cultures, slightly flattened when underfed.

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