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<protozoa> Genus of ciliate protozoa. It has a bell shaped body with a belt of cilia round the mouth of the bell, to sweep food particles towards the mouth and a long stalk, connecting it to the substratum, which contains the contractile spasmoneme.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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