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Paramecium is a singled cell organism. It belongs in the kingdom, protista, and the phylum, ciliaphora. This is often called Lady Slipper.
Image courtesy: BioMEDIA ASSOCIATES The paramecium, genus of protozoa of the phylum Ciliophora, is often called slipper animalcules because of their slipper-like shape. Paramecia are unicellular organisms usually less than 0.25 mm (0.01 in) in length and covered with minute hair-like projections called cilia.hree of them are Paramecium aurelia, Paramecium bursaria, and the Paramecium caudatum. Notice that the first part of the name (Genus) is capitalized and the second (Species) name is not. That is the standard way to write the names.