colony, low power
Description:
Spongomonas (spong-owe-moan-ass), is a solitary or colonial spongomonad flagellate, in which the cells are located within a more or less globular matrix formed from adhering small globules of mucilage. This is an image of a cluster of cells picked from the surface of the pond. Phase contrast.
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Rhizaria (rhizarians)
- Cercozoa (cercozoans)
- Imbricatea
- Spongomonadida
- Spongomonadidae
- Spongomonas
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- David Patterson and Aimlee Laderman
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