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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.
References
- http://starcentral.mbl.edu/microscope/portal.php?pagetitle=classification&BLOCKID=9&CHILDID=3394
- Operculariidae - Encyclopedia of Life
- Opercularia - The Taxonomicon
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