NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Abstract. Paramecia are iconic members of the phylum Ciliophora, the ciliate protozoa or synonym. Many different aspects of their cellular and molecular features have been intensively studied by researchers for many years.

Detailed explanation-2: -Paramecium caudatum is a species of unicellular protist in the phylum Ciliophora.

Detailed explanation-3: -Paramecium is the only genus in the family Parameciidae, which resides within the phylum Ciliophora.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ciliophora is the name for a phylum of protists commonly called the ciliates. Ciliates are the most complex of cells, having an elaborate cytoskeleton, cilia and two different kinds of nuclei. Free-living ciliates can be found in almost any habitat that has water – in soils, hot springs and Antarctic sea ice.

Detailed explanation-5: -As well, it belongs to the phylum Ciliophora. Its whole body is covered with small hair-like filaments called the cilia which helps in locomotion. There is also a deep oral groove containing not so clear oral cilia.