Assertion: ciliate | /r/HasProperty | free-living
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text: Although most ciliates are free-living and aquatic, such as the Paramecium (q.v.), many are ectocommensals, dwelling harmlessly on the gills or integument of invertebrates, and some, such as the dysentery-causing Balantidium (q.v.), are parasitic.
text: Ciliophora contain the ciliates , which are free-living protozoal forms.