Frontonia facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Frontonia |
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| Frontonia sp., specimen is digesting cyanobacteria, the mouth (cytostome) is at the bottom right. | |
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SAR
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Intramacronucleata
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Oligohymenophorea
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Peniculida
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Frontoniidae
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Frontonia
Ehrenberg, 1838
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Frontonia is a genus of free-living unicellular ciliate protists. It is closely related to the genus Paramecium. Frontonia can eat diatoms, cyanobacteria, filamentous algae, testate amoebas, and even members of their own species.
Frontonia are widespread. Members of the genus are in marine and freshwater environments on every continent.
Images for kids
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Frontonia leucas, by V. Schewiakoff, 1889
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Frontonia sp.
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