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Fig. 0: Euplotes cells

Differential-interference contrast light micrograph of two Euplotes cells. Euplotes is a hypotrich that is dorso-ventrally flattened and walks along the substrate using clumps of cilia called cirri as “feet”. An elaborate system of adoral membranelles directs food toward the cytopharynx at the end of an extensive oral region. Photograph courtesy of Dr. Klaus Hausmann, Berlin, Germany.
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