Opercularia ampluscolonia

Opercularia ampluscolonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Chromalveolata
Phylum:	Ciliophora
Class:	Oligohymenophorea
Order:	Sessilida
Family:	Operculariidae
Genus:	Opercularia
Species:	O. ampluscolonia
Binomial name
Opercularia ampluscolonia

Opercularia ampluscolonia

Opercularia ampluscolonia is a freshwater, colonial, sessiline peritrich ciliate protist. This species of protist 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
• http://www.eol.org/pages/4743
• http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/TaxonList.aspx?subject=Taxon&by=ScientificName&search=opercularia*

External links

• http://starcentral.mbl.edu/eutree_workshop/protistiary/index.htm
• http://www.microbes.info/
• http://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/index.html
• http://starcentral.mbl.edu/microscope/portal.php?pagetitle=index