Short Note on Paramecium
Habitat:
It is mostly found in pools and ponds.
Shape:-
It has slipper shaped body covered with small cilia.
Locomotion:
Cilia act as oars in water and help to move paramecium.
Nutrition:
It feed on algae, bacteria and other small protozoans. Cilia push the food in a canal called gullet.
Structure:
- i) Two contractile vacuoles are present on both sides of the body for discharging of extra water.
- ii) Paramecium has two nuclei. First is large called mega. Second is small called micro.
iii) Mega nucleus is also called vegetative nucleus.
- iv) Micro nucleus is also called reproductive nucleus.
Sensitivity:
It is a unicellular organism but can show respond to intensity of light.
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