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Chilomonas (kai-low-moan-ass), one of the two genera of cryptomonad flagellates which do not have chloroplasts. There are two flagella which insert into a groove which opens subapically - the flagella can be seen here as the two dark filaments emerging from the anterior (top) of the cell. Cytoplasm with large numbers of polysaccharide granules. Phase contrast.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Cryptista
- Cryptophyta
- Cryptomonadales
- Cryptomonadaceae
- Cryptomonas
- Cryptomonas paramecium
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- Michele Bahr and David Patterson
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