• Taxonomy (ITIS)

 • Length: 150-250 mm

 • Description:

    Paramecium is perhaps the best known protozoan. It is large, foot-shaped, moves fast, spinning slowly. Has a single macronucleus. Paramecium bursaria includes green symbiotic algae (Zoochlorea).

 • Similar genera:

Frontonia

 • Pictures:

Paramecium caudatum:

Paramecium bursaria:

Paramecium dividing:

Paramecium conjugating:

Paramecium in polarized light:

 • Links:

• Protist Image Database: Paramecium
• Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole: Paramecium
• Micscape: Paramecium (by Mike Samworth and Mike Morgan)
• Molecular Expressions Digital Video Gallery: Paramecium Movies
• Natural History Museum's Microbiology video collection: Genus Paramecium
• Bruce Russel's MicroNaturalist's Notebook: Paramecium bursaria, It's Easy Being Green