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Ciliata are a highly organised class of the Protozoa, characterised by the possession of cilia, which may be distributed all over the body, and act as swimming organs, as in the slipper animalcule, or may be restricted to certain parts of it, as in the stalked bell animalcule, in which their action serves to sweep food-particles into the gullet.
 Research Ciliata
Ciliata vera are a subclass of ciliophora. They are free swimming animals.
Research Ciliata vera
Heterotricha is an order of Ciliata vera. They are covered in cilia, and have a spiral band of tough cilia leading towards the cytostome.
Research Heterotricha
Holotricha are an order of ciliata vera. They are covered in alike cilia.
Research Holotricha
Hypotricha is an order of ciliata vera. They are flattened ciliates with large stiff ciliates on the lower surface which act similarly to legs.
Research Hypotricha
Oligotricha is an order of ciliata vera. They are free-living, parasitic ciliates with the cilia restricted to certain areas of the cell-body.
Research Oligotricha
Peritricha is an order of ciliata vera. They have a cone-shaped cell-body on a highly contractile stalk and a spiral of cilia leading to the cytostome.
Research Peritricha
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