NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Paramecium is unicellular and eukaryotic, so they are kept in the kingdom Protista. They are ciliated protozoan and come under phylum Ciliophora.

Detailed explanation-2: -Amoeba and Paramecium are unicellular eukaryotes. They belong to the category protozoans.

Detailed explanation-3: -Paramecia are holotrichous ciliates, that is, unicellular organisms in the phylum Ciliophora that are covered with cilia.

Detailed explanation-4: -Paramecium has around 4, 000 motile cilia on its surface arranged in longitudinal rows, beating in waves to ensure movement and feeding. As with cilia in other model organisms, direction and speed of Paramecium ciliary beating is under bioelectric control of ciliary ion channels.

Detailed explanation-5: -As the name suggests, their bodies are covered in cilia, or short hairy protrusions. Cilia are essential to a paramecium’s movement. As these structures whip back and forth in an aquatic environment, they propel the organism through its surroundings.