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Description:
Vacuolaria (vack-you-owe-lair-ee-a) a raphidophyte algae, with green chloroplasts and two flagella, one of which projects in front of the cell and beats with an undulating pattern. Very similar to Gonyostomum - which has however obvious extrusomes. Differential interference contrast.
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- Life (creatures)
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Stramenopiles (heterokont)
- Ochrophyta (Ochrophyte)
- Raphidophyceae (raphidophytes)
- Chattonellales
- Vacuolariaceae
- Vacuolaria
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