Coleps
Sign in to savethumb|224px| Two similar-looking but sexually distinct partners connected at their front ends exchange genetic material via a plasma bridge.
Species
コレプス属
GENUS
- KingdomChromista
- PhylumCiliophora
- ClassProstomatea
- OrderProstomatida
- FamilyColepidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
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thumb|224px| Two similar-looking but sexually distinct partners connected at their front ends exchange genetic material via a plasma bridge.
Coleps is a genus of ciliates in the class Prostomatea with barrel-shaped bodies surrounded by regularly arranged plates composed of calcium carbonate.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coleps” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.