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Petalomonas minuta Hollande, 1942. Cell outline is broadly elliptical. Cells are 5.5 to 10 microns long (mostly 6 to 7 microns), 4 to 6 microns wide, flattened, and with a deep longitudinal groove on the dorsal face and two distinct ventral ridges, which were hard to see. The cells have one flagellum inserting into a reservoir in the right hand side of the cell, flagellum about same length as the cell. The nucleus is in the left side of the cell. The cells move by gliding. 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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Petalomonas minuta
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Heterotrophic flagellates of marine habitats
| Description of Petalomonas minuta: Cell outline is broadly elliptical. Cells are 5.5 to 10 microns long (mostly 6 to 7 microns), 4 to 6 microns wide, flattened, and with a deep longitudinal groove on the dorsal face and two distinct ventral ridges, which were hard to see. The cells have one flagellum inserting into a reservoir in the right hand side of the cell, flagellum about same length as the cell. The nucleus is in the left side of the cell. The cells move by gliding. |
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