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Goniomonas (go-knee-owe-moan-ass) pacifica Larsen and Patterson, 1990. Cells are 4 to 10 microns long and with several distinct longitudinal ridges on both sides of the cell. There is a row of about seven to nine ejectisomes near the anterior end of the cell, which is truncated with the posterior end rounded. Two flagella of similar length emerge from a small anterior depression and are directed anteriorly. When the cells are swimming, two flagella diverge in different directions. Less common than G. amphinema in marine sites. This picture was taken by Won Je Lee using conventional photographic film using a Zeiss Axiophot microscope of material collected in marine sediments of Botany Bay (Sydney, Australia). The image description refers to material from Botany Bay. Image copyright: Won Je Lee, image used under license to MBL (micro*scope).
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Goniomonas pacifica
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Heterotrophic flagellates of Botany Bay, Sydney, Australia
| Description of Goniomonas pacifica: Cells are 4 to 10 microns long and with several distinct longitudinal ridges on both sides of the cell. There is a row of about seven to nine ejectisomes near the anterior end of the cell, which is truncated with the posterior end rounded. Two flagella of similar length emerge from a small anterior depression and are directed anteriorly. When the cells are swimming, the flagella diverge. Less common than G. amphinema. Marine. |
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