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Description:

Phyllomitus granulatus Larsen and Patterson, 1990. Cell outline is sac-shaped. Cells are flexible, 7 to 21 microns long and slightly flattened. The anterior flagellum beats with a sine-wave, is about 1.0 to 1.5 times the length of the cell and is directed to the front and slightly to the right during swimming. The posterior flagellum inserts to the left of the anterior flagellum, varies in length from 0.5 to 2.5 times the length of the cell. Cytoplasm is drawn out at the posterior end. Refractile granules underlie the cell surface. The nucleus is located below the anterior pocket, near the centre of the cell and is roundish. The cells contained ingested eukaryotic algae.