Stentor coeruleus is a protist in the family Stentoridae which is characterized by being a very large ciliate that measures 0.5 to 2 millimetres when fully extended.
The pronunciation of S. coeruleus is counterintuitive because the "oe" is actually the Latin character œ and is pronounced as if it were just an E.
S. coeruleus specifically appears as a very large trumpet. It contains a macronucleus that looks like a string of beads that are contained within a ciliate that is blue to blue-green in color. It has the ability to contract into a ball through the contraction of its many myonemes .[2]
Stentor coeruleus is known for its regenerative abilities.[3] When this organism is cut in half, each half is able to regenerate a cell that has its normal anatomy provided that each cut part includes some of the macro-nucleus.[4]
It feeds by means of cilia that carry food into the gullet.
Stentor coeruleus digesting Blepharisma sp.
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^Sood, Pranidhi; McGillivary, Rebecca; Marshall, Wallace F. (2017-12-29). "The Transcriptional Program of Regeneration in the Giant Single Cell, Stentor coeruleus". bioRxiv: 240788. doi:10.1101/240788. S2CID 89792744.
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