Stentor, sometimes called trumpet animalcules, are a genus of filter-feeding, heterotrophic ciliates, representative of the heterotrichs. They are usually...

The ciliates are a group of alveolates characterized by the presence of hair-like organelles called cilia, which are identical in structure to eukaryotic...

Stentor roeselii is a free-living ciliate species of the genus Stentor, in the class Heterotrichea. It is a common and widespread protozoan, found throughout...

Stentor coeruleus (pronunciation) is a protist in the family Stentoridae which is characterized by being a very large ciliate that measures 0.5 to 2 millimetres...

unicellular, ciliate protozoa 2146 Stentor, an asteroid Armstrong Siddeley Stentor, liquid-fuelled rocket engine used in the Blue Steel missile STENTOR (satellite)...

symbiosis with Stentor amethystinus, providing food for the ciliate, which then protects the algae. Unlike many of its relatives, Stentor amethystinus is...

Stentor muelleri, also called a trumpet ciliate, is a single-celled eukaryote which feeds on algae. It has a horned-shaped body and is usually 0.5–1.0...

Epulopiscium fishelsoni, a bacterium Stentor, ciliates nicknamed trumpet animalcules Bursaria, largest colpodean ciliates. Abiogenesis Asexual reproduction...

micronuclei, and in all other ciliates it is divided by internal microtubules. Many species are highly pigmented, e.g. the blue Stentor coeruleus. In Blepharisma...

coli is a parasitic species of ciliate alveolates that causes the disease balantidiasis. It is the only member of the ciliate phylum known to be pathogenic...

when used as a vernacular name) is a genus of eukaryotic, unicellular ciliates, widespread in freshwater, brackish, and marine environments. Paramecia...

displaying a menagerie of shapes and forms. Hundreds of species of the ciliate genus Paramecium  or flagellated Euglena  are found in marine, brackish...

The Colpodea are a class of ciliates, of about 200 species common in freshwater and soil habitats. The body cilia are typically uniform, and are supported...

Euglyphida within the phylum Cercozoa. Various ciliates present zoochlorellae, such as the genera Paramecium, Stentor, Climacostomum, Coleps and Euplotes. In...

Didinium is a genus of unicellular ciliates with at least ten accepted species. All are free-living carnivores. Most are found in fresh and brackish water...

Spirostomum is a genus of ciliated protists in the class Heterotrichea. It is known for being very contractile. Having been first identified by Christian...

Vorticella is a genus of bell-shaped ciliates that have stalks to attach themselves to substrates. The stalks have contractile myonemes, allowing them...

Tetrahymena is a genus of free-living ciliates, examples of unicellular eukaryotes. The genus Tetrahymena is the most widely studied member of its phylum...

The Phyllopharyngea are a class of ciliates, some of which are extremely specialized. Motile cells typically have cilia restricted to the ventral surface...

Stylonychia is a genus of ciliates, in the subclass Hypotrichia. Species of Stylonychia are very common in fresh water and soil, and may be found on filamentous...

The Oligohymenophorea are a large class of ciliates. There is typically a ventral groove containing the mouth and distinct oral cilia, separate from those...

fellow Heterotrichs, Stentor coreuleus and Blepharisma japonicum. When Climacostomum is threatened by a predator, such as the ciliate Dileptus margaritifer...

Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, often termed "Ich", is a parasitic ciliate described by the French parasitologist Fouquet[who?] in 1876. Only one species...

Avelia is a genus of karyorelict ciliates belonging to the family Geleiidae. The genus name is a taxonomic patronyms honoring Marcel Avel (1900–1983; professor...

The spirotrichs are a large and diverse group of ciliate protozoa. They typically have prominent oral cilia in the form of a series of polykinetids, called...

Parduczia is a genus of karyorelict ciliates in the family Geleiidae. Parduczia species are filiform to serpentiform ciliates characterized by their giant size...

Frontonia is a genus of free-living unicellular ciliate protists, belonging to the order Peniculida. As Peniculids, the Frontonia are closely related...

photosynthetic organisms. Almost all sequenced mitochondrial genomes of ciliates and apicomplexa are linear. The mitochondria almost all carry mtDNA of...

Prostomatea is a class of ciliates. It includes the genera Coleps and Pelagothrix. WoRMS (2024). "Prostomatea". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species...

The Litostomatea are a class of ciliates. The group consists of three subclasses: Haptoria, Trichostomatia and Rhynchostomatia. Haptoria includes mostly...