Ciliates get their name from the long spindly appendage that propels them, called a cilia.
They just float around and wave there cilia back and forth to move through the water.
Some ciliates, like the paramecium, have contractile vacuoles that fill with water and then expel the water when they get full.
ciliates are heterotrophs
Ciliates get their name from the long spindly appendage that propels them, called a cilia. They just float around and wave there cilia back and forth to move through the water.
Protista
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Ciliates, a unicellular protozoa, use their cilia, tiny hair-like organelles, to move around.
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Some ciliates, like the paramecium, have contractile vacuoles that fill with water and then expel the water when they get full.
ciliates
Ciliates eat with their vacuole.
ciliates are heterotrophs
Ciliates get their name from the long spindly appendage that propels them, called a cilia. They just float around and wave there cilia back and forth to move through the water.
They are all animal-like protists.
ciliates
ciliates
Ciliates.