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Cercomonas crassicauda Dujardin, 1841. Cercomonad cells which are elongate-ovate, from two to two and a half times as long as broad, its substance granulate, caudal filament usually very thick at its base, tapering to a fine point at its distal end, about equal in length to the body, anterior flagellum finer and longer than the caudal filament, two or three contractile vacuoles, located near the anterior extremity, nucleus subcentral. Length of body 27 microns This is one of about 700 species of heterotrophic flagellates reported from marine environments. This information has been compiled by Won Je Lee (then of the School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, A Image copyright: Won-Je Lee, image used under license to MBL (micro*scope).
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Cercomonas crassicauda
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Heterotrophic flagellates of marine habitats
| Description of Cercomonas crassicauda: Cercomonad cells which are elongate-ovate, from two to two and a half times as long as broad, its substance granulate; caudal filament usually very thick at its base, tapering to a fine point at its distal end, about equal in length to the body; anterior flagellum finer and longer than the caudal filament; two or three contractile vacuoles, located near the anterior extremity; nucleus subcentral. Length of body 27 microns. |
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