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Record 1 1991-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Origin of Life and Speciation
DEF

A genus of holotrichous ciliates having the body elongate and bluntly rounded at the anterior end and having an oblique funnel-shaped buccal groove on the oral surface with the mouth at the extremity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Origine de la vie et des espèces en général
CONT

Une nuée de paramécies (Paramoecium), animalcules microscopiques vivant dans les eaux stagnantes.

Spanish

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