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Description:
Anisonema (a-nice-o-neme-a), a genus of heterotrophic euglenids commonly found in sediments. With one flagellum sweeping from side to side in front of the cell, and with a second flagellum following a hooked curve and then trailing behind the cell. The cells may periodically jerk backwards. Body not metabolic, no mouth visible by light microscopy. Phase contrast.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Excavates (excavates)
- Discoba (Jakobids)
- Euglenozoa
- Euglenida (euglenoides)
- Spirocuta
- Heteronematina
- Heteronematales
- Peranemidae
- Anisonema
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