Cercomonas sp.1

Lee, Won Je, 2019, Small Free-Living Heterotrophic Flagellates from Marine Intertidal Sediments of the Sydney Region, Australia, Acta Protozoologica 58 (4), pp. 167-189 : 181

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https://doi.org/ 10.4467/16890027AP.19.016.12018

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Felipe

scientific name

Cercomonas sp.1
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Cercomonas sp.1

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Description: Cercomonas . Cells are 7–15 µm long and flexible. The cells are slender; narrow towards the posterior end which is somewhat elliptical. The cells have one flagellum; the second flagellum is not seen. The flagellum arises from the anterior end of the cell and is about the cell length, and its tip is thin at two third from its base. The cells have a ventral groove. When moving, pseudopodia move backwards and the strands of cytoplasm are drawn out from the posterior end of the cell. Some food materials are seen under the cell surface. The cells move by gliding.

Remarks: Cercomonas sp.1 is tentatively assigned to Cercomonas although it has only one flagellum. This species can be distinguished from the species in Cercomonas that have two flagella by having only one flagellum and the slender cell shape.

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