portrait
Description:
Salpingoeca, a genus of collar flagellates in which the cell is enclosed within an organic lorica. The cells have a single apical flagellum that is surrounded with a collar of fine pseudopodia that appears as two dark lines, one to either side of the flagellum in this micrograph. Probably feeds on suspended bacteria. From Lake Donghu, China. Phase contrast micrograph.
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Choanoflagellata (choanoflagellates)
- Craspedida
- Salpingoecidae
- Salpingoeca
This image is not featured in any collections.
Source Information
- license
- cc-by-nc
- author
- Feng Weisong; Gu Xiwen; Yang Jun; Miao Wei and David Patterson
- provider
- micro*scope
- original
- original media file
- visit source
- partner site
- micro*scope
- ID
