Caenomorpha

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Caenomorpha
Caenomorpha lauterborni

Caenomorpha lauterborni

Systematics
without rank: Alveolata
without rank: Ciliates (ciliophora)
without rank: Intramacronucleata
without rank: Armophorea
without rank: Armophorida
Genre : Caenomorpha
Scientific name
Caenomorpha
Perty , 1852

Caenomorpha (also in the German sludge screws or animals) is a genus animal-like protists from the strain of ciliates (ciliates).

Occurrence

Caenomorpha are often very numerous in their areas of distribution. These include, above all, the sediment of small ponds, the sludge from reservoirs, ponds, ponds or from rivers, or sewage. There the animals screw their way through the mud or the open water. They belong to the rather few protists that occur in polysa-probed waters.

species

Caenomorpha is a species-rich genus. These include, for example:

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Heinz Streble, Dieter Krauter: Life in the water drop . In: Kosmos Verlag (Hrsg.): Kosmos Naturführer . 13th edition. Kosmos Verlag, ISBN 978-3-440-15694-0 , pp. 235, 312, 56, 57 .