Vorticellidae
Sign in to saveVorticellidae is a family of ciliates belonging to the order Sessilida. They are colonial or unicellular organisms that are attached to a substrate via a stalk. The distinguishing characteristic of the family is a helical spasmoneme within the stalk that is contractile.
Species
ツリガネムシ科
FAMILY
- KingdomChromista
- PhylumCiliophora
- ClassOligohymenophorea
- OrderPeritrichida
- FamilyVorticellidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- Family
- Vorticellidae
- Collections
- YPM, AM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States, South Africa, China
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Vorticellidae is a family of ciliates belonging to the order Sessilida. They are colonial or unicellular organisms that are attached to a substrate via a stalk. The distinguishing characteristic of the family is a helical spasmoneme within the stalk that is contractile.
Members of this family are common in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial habitats around the world.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vorticellidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.