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  Stentor
His name has given rise to the adjective "stentorian", meaning loud-voiced, for which he was famous.
In biology, Stentor is a genus of ciliate protozoa, typical of the class Heterotrichea.
The body is generally trumpet-shaped, hence the association with the herald, with a ring of prominent membranelles around the anterior "bell" that sweep in food and aid in swimming.
www.fastload.org /st/Stentor.html   (141 words)

  
 Dramatic Diversity of Ciliate Histone H4 Genes Revealed by Comparisons of Patterns of Substitutions and Paralog ...
Bootstrap values greater than 70% are indicated by the symbol ·.
"Greens" = green algae + plants; C/A = Clevelandellida + Armophorida; CONP = Colpodea + Oligohymenophorea + Nassophorea + Prostomatea; S = Spirotrichea; P = Phyllopharygnea, and H = Heterotrichea
(1) Heterotrichea (H); (2) Phyllopharyngea (P); (3) Spirotrichea
mbe.oxfordjournals.org /cgi/content/full/21/3/555   (3839 words)

  
 Digital Blue
However, a lot of spirostomum images I have seen are longer and skinnier.
He would seem to fit in heterotrichea group, though - "cell body large, mostly contractile".
Next 3 images: ciliate - spirostomum, 200x (another kind; could be ambiguus, the largest)
members.shaw.ca /kveetka/qx3.html   (798 words)

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