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A group of alveolates that either move themselves or move water past their cell surfaces uning tufts of numerous short flagella like structures. they all have two nuclei, a large macronucleus and a smaller micronucleus. notable examples include: vorticella, balantidium coli, didinium and paramecium.

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Ciliates are a group of alveolates that use tufts of short flagella-like structures called cilia to move themselves or move water past their cell surfaces. They have a large macronucleus and a smaller micronucleus. Notable examples include Vorticella, Balantidium coli, Didinium, and Paramecium.

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Ciliates are a group of alveolates that have numerous short flagella-like structures called cilia. They can either move themselves or move water past their cell surfaces using these tufts of cilia. Ciliates have two nuclei: a large macronucleus and a smaller micronucleus. Notable examples of ciliates include Vorticella, Balantidium coli, Didinium, and Paramecium.

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The answer is CILIATES (Phylum Ciliophora)

Organisms in this phylum typically contain two types of nuclei:
1. The Somatic "macronucleus" and
2. The Germline "micronucleus"

They also possess cilia for locomotion; described as tufts of numerous short flagella like structures. All the organisms listed as examples belong to the phylum Ciliophora.
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