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Phyllomonas

[ref. ID; 5694]
Free-living heterotrophic flagellates. (ref. ID; 5694)
  1. Phyllomonas contorta Klebs, 1892 (ref. ID; 4921) reported year? (ref. ID; 3497)
    Syn; Ancyromonas contorta Lemmermann, 1914 (ref. ID; 3497)

Phyllomonas contorta Klebs, 1892 (ref. ID; 4921) reported year? (ref. ID; 3497)

Synonym

Ancyromonas contorta Lemmermann, 1914 (ref. ID; 3497)

Descriptions

The body containing reflexible granules is usually triangular and remarkably compressed. The flagellum attaching to a substrum is usually moving actively. The contractile vacuole scarcely appears. (ref. ID; 3497)

Measurements

Length 4-8 um; length of a flagellum 7-10 um. (ref. ID; 3497)