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Friday 29 August 2014

Forms with cirri are common throughout soil, freshwater, and marine Environments.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirotrich

Forms with cirri are common throughout soil, freshwater, and marine environments. Individuals tend to be flattened, with cirri confined to the ventral surface. These are variously used for crawling over objects, acting as feet, swimming, or assisting in food capture. They are generally divided into hypotrichs and stichotrichs, but were originally all considered hypotrichs.

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