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Description of Metanema

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Sphenomonadine euglenids, flattened cells, limited capacity to squirm, equal flagella which often bend in opposite directions when skidding-gliding, freshwater and marine, often common in marine sediments, no ingestion apparatus visible by light-microscopy, although cells with ingested diatoms have been observed. No type species selected.
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