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| Vorticella | |
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| Vorticella convallaria as illustrated by C.G. Ehrenberg in 1838 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Ciliophora |
| Class: | Oligohymenophorea |
| Order: | Sessilida |
| Family: | Vorticellidae |
| Genus: | Vorticella L. (1767) |
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Vorticella is a genus of bell-shaped ciliates that have stalks to attach themselves to substrates. The stalks have contractile myonemes, allowing them to pull the cell body against substrates.[1] The formation of the stalk happens after the free-swimming stage.[2]
- ^ Brusca, Richard C.; Brusca, Gary J. (2003). Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates, Inc.
- ^ Bramucci, Michael G.; Nagarajan, Vasantha (2004). "Inhibition of Vorticella microstoma Stalk Formation by Wheat Germ Agglutinin". The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 51 (4): 425–427. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2004.tb00389.x. PMID 15352324. S2CID 46577212.