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Paramecium bursaria
(Ehrenberg) Focker, 1836
A Paramecium
CLASSIFICATION
Main Group:
Protoctist
Sublevel 1:
Alveolates
Sublevel 2:
Ciliates
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Phylum:
Ciliophora
Class:
Oligohymenophorea
Order:
Peniculida
Family:
Parameciidae
Genus:
Paramecium
Species:
Paramecium bursaria
STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND
Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?:
No
Rarity Designations:
There are no rarity listings for protoctists. The federal government and New England states do not evaluate protoctists for rarity.
BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY
Feeding Type:
Heterotroph (with photoautotrophic symbiont[s])
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Paramecium bursaria
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