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Description:

Joenina is a parabasalid cristamonad flagellate comprising at the time of writing one species J. pulchella. Flagellate (80-120 µm) with a semi-circular flagellar area oriented on one side of the cell. Axostylar capitulum enveloping the flagellar area and the nucleus, tube-like axostylar trunk protruding posteriorly. Biramous parabasal apparatus with many branches bearing dictyosomes around the nucleus. Occuring in Porotermes adamsoni or P. grandis from Australia (phase contrast). Joenina pulchella, anterior plume of flagella, nucleus, axostylar trunk traversing the cell (interferential contrast).