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Description:
Heteronema (het-err-o-knee-ma), a genus of heterotrophic euglenid flagellates. With two flagella, both of which are thicker than usual flagella. One flagellum projects anteriorly, one trails behind or to the side of the cell. With an ingestion organelle. The grey ovoid region to the right is the nucleus. Phase contrast.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Excavates (excavates)
- Discoba (Jakobids)
- Euglenozoa
- Euglenida (euglenoides)
- Spirocuta
- Heteronematina
- Heteronematales
- Peranemidae
- Heteronema
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