Stentor (ciliate)
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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]
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Stentor | |
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Stentor roeselii | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Ciliophora |
Class: | Heterotrichea |
Order: | Heterotrichida |
Family: | Stentoridae Carus, 1863 |
Genus: | Stentor Oken, 1815 |
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