Stentor (ciliate)

Stentor
"Stentor roeselii"
Stentor roeselii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Class: Heterotrichea
Order: Heterotrichida
Family: Stentoridae
Carus, 1863
Genus: Stentor
Oken, 1815
Species

Stentor, sometimes called trumpet animalcules, are a genus of filter-feeding, heterotrophic ciliates, representative of the heterotrichs. They are usually horn-shaped, and reach lengths of two millimeters; as such, they are among the largest known extant unicellular organisms. They reproduce asexually through binary fission.[1]

  1. ^ "Stentor". Microbewiki.kenyon.edu. Retrieved June 20, 2014.