Phylum Ciliophora Order Sessilida Genus Opercularia Rank Species | Class Oligohymenophorea Family Operculariidae Scientific name Opercularia ampluscolonia | |
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Similar Carchesium, Peritrich, Epistylis, Opercularia, Carchesium polypinum | ||
Opercularia ampluscolonia is a species of freshwater, colonial, sessiline peritrich ciliates. This species produces a branched stalk that is often delicately striate in a longitudinal direction. There can be more than ninety-seven zooids per branched stalk. Zooids reproduce asexually and form dense clusters at the ends of each branch. This filter-feeding protist inhabits ponds in Mendocino County, California.
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