Stentor coeruleus
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| Stentor coeruleus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Superphylum: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Ciliophora |
| Class: | Heterotrichea |
| Order: | Heterotrichida |
| Family: | Stentoridae |
| Genus: | Stentor |
| Species: | S. coeruleus |
| Binomial name | |
| Stentor coeruleus Ehrenberg, 1830[1] | |
Stentor coeruleus (ⓘ[a]) is a protist in the family Stentoridae which is characterized by being a very large ciliate that measures 0.5 to 2 millimetres when fully extended.
S. coeruleus specifically appears as a very large trumpet. It contains a macronucleus that looks like a string of beads that are contained within a ciliate that is blue to blue-green in color. It has the ability to contract into a ball through the contraction of its many myonemes .[2]
Stentor coeruleus is known for its regenerative abilities.[3] When this organism is cut in half, each half is able to regenerate a cell that has its normal anatomy provided that each cut part includes some of the macro-nucleus.[4] It feeds by means of cilia that carry food into the gullet.
