Ancistrum mytili

Super Group: 
Alveolata
Phylum: 
Ciliophora
Sub-Phylum: 
Intramacronucleata
Class: 
Oligohymenophorea
Order: 
Thigmotrichida
Family: 
Ancistridae
Genus: 
Ancistrum
Species: 
mytili
Authority: 
Maupas 1883

Diagnosis

Body_length: 60-70  µm

Type species

This is the type species of the genus.

Life cycle

Reproduction_mode: sexual/asexual

Feeding behaviour

Phagotrophy

Mode of locomotion

cilia

Identification criteria

Observation site(s)

HOSTS

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Mytilus edulis Algers
Maupas E (1883) Contribution a l'Etude Morphologique et antomique des infusoires ciliés. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale S2, Vol 1:427-664.