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Bicosoeca (bike-o-so-eek-a), one of only several genera of bicosoecid stramenopiles. This genus includes cells which live within loricae. The cell attaches to the lorica by the tip of a recurrent flagellum, the other flagellum extends out of the lorica and beats with an undulating beat. As with other stramenopiles, the (sub-microscopic) hairs on the flagellum draw a current of water towards the cell, and particles are intercepted by a shoulder, seen to the left of the top of this cell, and ingested. Phase contrast.  This image taken by Michele Bahr and David Patterson of material collected from the water column and the margins of Lake Toolik (Alaska, USA) in August, 2001. Image copyright: Michele Bahr and D. J. Patterson, used under license to MBL (micro*scope).

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Bicosoeca in this collection

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Bicosoeca in other collections

Bicosoeca petiolata, from Freshwater and Terrestrial Microbes of Idaho (USA) and Elsewhere	Bicosoeca petiolata, from Freshwater and Terrestrial Microbes of Idaho (USA) and Elsewhere	Bicosoeca petiolata, from Freshwater and Terrestrial Microbes of Idaho (USA) and Elsewhere	Bicosoeca campanulata, from Freshwater and Terrestrial Microbes of Idaho (USA) and Elsewhere	Bicosoeca ainikkiae, from Heterotrophic flagellates of marine habitats
Bicosoeca conica, from Heterotrophic flagellates of marine habitats	Bicosoeca epiphytica, from Heterotrophic flagellates of marine habitats	Bicosoeca gracilipes, from Heterotrophic flagellates of marine habitats	Bicosoeca lacustris, from Heterotrophic flagellates of marine habitats	Bicosoeca maris, from Heterotrophic flagellates of marine habitats
Bicosoeca mignotii, from Heterotrophic flagellates of marine habitats	Bicosoeca oculata, from Heterotrophic flagellates of marine habitats	Bicosoeca planctonica, from Heterotrophic flagellates of marine habitats	Bicosoeca pocillum, from Heterotrophic flagellates of marine habitats	Bicosoeca pulchra, from Heterotrophic flagellates of marine habitats
Bicosoeca tenuis, from Heterotrophic flagellates of marine habitats	Bicosoeca vacillans, from Heterotrophic flagellates of marine habitats	Bicosoeca conica, from Protozoan biomonitors in China	Bicosoeca dinobryoidea, from Protozoan biomonitors in China	Bicosoeca lacustris, from Protozoan biomonitors in China
Bicosoeca oculata, from Protozoan biomonitors in China	Bicosoeca ovata, from Protozoan biomonitors in China	Bicosoeca socialis, from Protozoan biomonitors in China	Bicosoeca petiolatum, from Protozoan biomonitors in China	Bicosoeca, from Protists of the Pacific Ocean
Bicosoeca, from Protists of the Pacific Ocean	Bicosoeca marina, from Micrographs of brown tides	Bicosoeca, from Protsville drawings of freshwater protists	Bicosoeca, from Athens, Georgia, USA	Bicosoeca, from Cumloden, Massachusetts, USA
Bicosoeca, from Mr Remsens barrel	Bicosoeca, from Mr Remsens barrel	Bicosoeca petiolata, from Freshwater and Terrestrial Microbes of Idaho (USA) and Elsewhere	Bicosoeca petiolata, from Freshwater and Terrestrial Microbes of Idaho (USA) and Elsewhere	Bicosoeca, from Freshwater and Terrestrial Microbes of Idaho (USA) and Elsewhere
Bicosoeca, from Lake Donghu, China	Bicosoeca, from Lake Donghu, China	Bicosoeca, from Lake Donghu, China