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Membranelle vs Spirotrich - What's the difference?

membranelle | spirotrich |

As nouns the difference between membranelle and spirotrich

is that membranelle is one of a set of structures found around the mouth, or cytostome, in ciliate protists, and from which the cilia emerge while spirotrich is any of a large and distinctive group of ciliate protozoa, typically with prominent oral cilia in the form of a series of polykinetids, called the adoral zone of membranelles, beginning anterior to the oral cavity and running down to the left side of the mouth.

membranelle

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia membranelle)
  • One of a set of structures found around the mouth, or cytostome, in ciliate protists, and from which the cilia emerge.

    • Synonyms

    * membranella

    spirotrich

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia spirotrich)
  • Any of a large and distinctive group of ciliate protozoa, typically with prominent oral cilia in the form of a series of polykinetids, called the adoral zone of membranelles, beginning anterior to the oral cavity and running down to the left side of the mouth.