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Description:
Portrait of Phacotus lenticularis, a volvocid flagellate. Lorica is composed of two shallow cup-shaped halves cemented together around the protoplast. Lorica surface is slightly rough and colored by minerals Two equal-length flagella protrude through an anterior pore in the lorica. Cup-shaped chloroplast. A stigma is present but not seen in these images. From a freshwater pond near Boise, Idaho. Brightfield.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Archaeplastida (plants)
- Chloroplastida (green plants)
- Chlorophyta (chlorophytes)
- Chlorophyceae
- Chlamydomonadales
- Phacotaceae
- Phacotus
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- William Bourland
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