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Description:
Hedriocystis, a small desmothoracid protist. The cell lives as an amoeba with stiffened arms (axopodia) within a loose lorica that has large holes or perforations. The lorica is stalked. When the cell divides, it may produce flagellated cells which leave the lorica and set up home elsewhere. From Lake Donghu, China. Phase contrast micrograph.
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- Life (creatures)
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- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Rhizaria (rhizarians)
- Cercozoa (cercozoans)
- Granofilosea
- Clathrulinidae
- Hedriocystis
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- Feng Weisong; Gu Xiwen; Yang Jun; Miao Wei and David Patterson
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