Stylonychia

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proper noun A type of ciliate whose cilia are grouped into cirri. Classification: kingdom: Protista, superphylum: Alveolata, phylum: Ciliophora.

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Oxytricha and Stylonychia, two ciliated protozoans, are Turing-complete biocomputers that rewrite their DNA to perform calculations.

Boing Boing: May 18, 2003 - May 24, 2003 Archives 2003
Also the _Stylonychia_ (Fig. 7) is a characteristic inhabitant of those places, and always present there.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 Various
Membranelles normal; 5 to 10 anal Genus _Stylonychia_ cirri; 3 caudal cirri

Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
It is from this paper that I took the number of 100 sexes for Stylonychia mytilus.

NYT > Home Page 2010
Many ciliates have more than two sexes (or "mating types") and some - Stylonychia mytilus, for example - have as many as 100.

NYT > Home Page By OLIVIA JUDSON 2010
Many ciliates have more than two sexes (or "mating types") and some - Stylonychia mytilus, for example - have as many as 100.

NYT > Home Page 2010
It is from this paper that I took the number of 100 sexes for Stylonychia mytilus.

NYT > Home Page By OLIVIA JUDSON 2010
It is from this paper that I took the number of 100 sexes for Stylonychia mytilus.

NYT > Home Page By OLIVIA JUDSON 2010
Many ciliates have more than two sexes (or "mating types") and some - Stylonychia mytilus, for example - have as many as 100.

NYT > Home Page By OLIVIA JUDSON 2010
Stylonychia uses its cirri to "walk" across a surface as well as for swimming.

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