Vorticella

Vorticella
Vorticella convallaria as illustrated by C.G. Ehrenberg in 1838
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Class: Oligohymenophorea
Order: Sessilida
Family: Vorticellidae
Genus: Vorticella
L. (1767)
Species

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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]

  1. ^ Brusca, Richard C.; Brusca, Gary J. (2003). Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates, Inc.
  2. ^ 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.