anterior detail, DIC

Description:

Joenia (joe-een-ee-a) is a lophomonad hypermastigid flagellate - this group being distinguished by having a pad of very long flagella inserting to one side of the anterior apex of the cell. Joenia has a very substantial axostyle, and this detailed image shows how it expands to envelope the nucleus and the flagellar area. Just below the nucleus, the mustachios of dictyosomes extend out to either side. The flagella insert into a curving pad to the upper left side of the cell, but they sweep around, below and to the side. From the termite Kalotermes. Differential interference contrast.