portrait

Description:
Portrait of Pteridomonas, a small silicoflagellate with a long thin stalk. Tentacles surround the single apical flagellum. Very similar to Actinomonas, which has posterior tentacles as well. From freshwater pond near Boise, Idaho.
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- Life (biota)
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Stramenopiles (heterokont)
- Ochrophyta (Ochrophyte)
- Dictyochophyceae (Silicoflagellates)
- Pedinellales
- Pteridomonas
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- William Bourland
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