genus Vorticella

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Noun1.genus Vorticella - ciliated protozoans that have a goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk
protoctist genus - any genus of Protoctista
Ciliata, Ciliophora, class Ciliata, class Ciliophora - class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle
vorticella - any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk
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The species of the genus Coleps are mostly omnivorous and some species of the genus Vorticella can feed on algae and bacteria (Foissner and Berger, 1996).
The influence of environmental characteristics on the distribution of ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) in an urban stream of southeast Brazil/ Influencia das caracteristicas ambientais sobre distribuicao dos ciliados (Protozoa, Ciliophora) em um corrego urbano no sudeste brasileiro
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