Blepharisma's a genus of heterotrich family. Ciliates (a type of protista) which contains many species. Its members are elongated and roughly egg-shaped, with a contractile vacuole without collecting channels. Typically, they're pigmented with some shade of red or pink. The anterior pole's bluntly pointed, while the posterior pole's blunted . The body's noncontractile, even within the same culture. They're commonly viewed under microscopes in science classes, as they're generally readily avail… (More on Blepharisma)