cell
Description:
Spongomonas - a heterotrophic flagellate. The cells are spherical and give rise to two flagella that are slightly different in length. The cells form colonies, being embedded in a common mucous matrix that is made up of small globules of orange or brown mucus. This species forms sausage-shaped colonies that are up to a millimetre in length. Phase contrast micrograph.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Rhizaria (rhizarians)
- Cercozoa (cercozoans)
- Imbricatea
- Spongomonadida
- Spongomonadidae
- Spongomonas
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- A. Feng, Wie-Song and D. J. Patterson
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