Paramecia (alga)
Appearance
Paramecia Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Clade: | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Rhodophyta |
Class: | Florideophyceae |
Order: | Corallinales |
Stem group: | Corallinaceae |
Genus: | †Paramecia |
Paramecia was a non-mineralized Ediacaran alga with a differentiated, compartmentalized thallus; it probably had multiple phases in its lifecycle.[1] Possible reproductive structures have been identified.[1]
The term "paramecia" may also refer to multiple individual cells of the Paramecium genus.