Paramecium/Ciliate differs from other protists in having

Contractile vacuoles

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Trichocysts

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Food vacuoles

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Two types of nuclei

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Solution

The correct option is D Two types of nuclei

The ciliates are a group of protozoans characterized by the presence of hair-like organelles called cilia. Ciliates that differ from all other protozoans is having two types of nuclei, namely somatic macronucleus and germline micronucleus. Hence the correct option is D.

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