''Vorticella convallaria'' is a species of
ciliate
The ciliates are a group of alveolates characterized by the presence of hair-like organelles called cilia, which are identical in structure to flagellum, eukaryotic flagella, but are in general shorter and present in much larger numbers, with a ...
s. It forms part of the ''
V. convallaria''
species complex
In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear. The taxa in the complex may be able to hybridize readily with each oth ...
. ''V. citrina'' is lemon yellow to light green in colour.
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Freshwater and terrestrial microbes of Idaho: ''Vorticella citrina''
Oligohymenophorea
Species described in 1786
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