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Description:
This phase contrast micrograph of an un-named species of euglena shows the way that euglenid flagella beat. The flagellum is thrown into loops and these are pushed along the flagellum from base to tip. Several loops can be seen here. Cell with grass-green plastids and red eyespot.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Excavates (excavates)
- Discoba (Jakobids)
- Euglenozoa
- Euglenida (euglenoides)
- Euglenales
- Euglenaceae
- Euglena (euglenas)
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- cc-by-nc
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- D. J. Patterson.
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