Biology:Carchesium (genus)
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Short description: Genus of single-celled organisms
| Carchesium | |
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| Phylum: | Ciliophora
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| Subclass: | Peritrichia
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| Genus: | Carchesium |
Carchesium is a genus of usually colonial peritrich ciliates in the Vorticellidae with a spirally contractile stalk.[1][2] The inverted bell-shaped cells have an oral lip as in Epistylis.
The genus has a cosmopolitan diribution in freshwater and is a common part of the fauna of the aerobic stages of waste water treatment plants, such as activated sludge and trickling filters.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta". https://www.nies.go.jp/chiiki1/protoz/morpho/ciliopho/carchesi.htm.
- ↑ Manwell, Reginald D. (1968). "16 Ciliophora Fig 16.5". Introduction to Protozoology (2nd ed.). Dover. pp. 331–2. ISBN 978-0-486-61897-5. OCLC 595572282. https://archive.org/details/introductiontopr0000manw/page/331/mode/1up.
- ↑ Martin, D. (August 1968). Microfauna of Biological Filters. University of Newcastle upon Tyne - Department of Civil Engineering. Bulletin. 39. Oriel Press. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-85362-054-9.
Wikidata ☰ Q1035615 entry
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