Phylum-Protoza
Class -Ciliata
Order -Holotricha
Family -Paramecida
E.g paramecium
-Commonly called as slipper
animalcule,being microscopic and
elongated slipper-shaped.
-Anterior end is bluntly
rounded,posterior end is pointed.
-Pellicle (elastic cuticular
membrane) covers the body.
-Cilia (hair-like projections) covers
the entire animal.
-Cptoplasm contains ecto-and
endoplasm.
-Ectoplasm has myomeres and rod-
shaped trichocysts.
-Endoplasm contains food
vacurles,granule,meganucleus,
micronucleus and two contractile
vacuoles
-Reproduction is by binary fission
and conjugation.
-Locomotion is ciliary.[IMAGE: https://steemitimages.com/DQmUMfr2A8QTpy4ihcK9wvqLQJy6AdHHK5JcFqpGLom5qUt/20180203_203325.png]
Paramecium
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