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portrait
Percolomonas (perk-o-low-moan-ass) is an excavate flagellate - in that it has a ventral groove or gutter that is used in feeding, and is usually classified with the heterolobosea. Two to four flagella insert at the head of the groove, one (the recurrent flagellum) is much longer than the others. Often found in slightly smelly (i.e. anoxic) habitats. Differential interference contrast. This picture was taken by David Patterson and Michele Burford of material from a commercial prawn farm in Queensland, Australia in 2000. Image copyright: D. J. Patterson and Michele Burford, image used under license to MBL (micro*scope).
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Percolomonas
From the collection
Prawn Farm, Queensland, Australia
| Description of Percolomonas: Protists known only as flagellates; with four flagella, usually one used for adhesion, others for feeding on small suspended particles which are ingested within a ventral grove. Ultrastructural features suggest affinities with the Heterolobosea. |
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Percolomonas in other collections
Percolomonas cosmopolitus, from
Heterotrophic flagellates of marine habitats
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Percolomonas denhami, from
Heterotrophic flagellates of marine habitats
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Percolomonas descissus, from
Heterotrophic flagellates of marine habitats
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Percolomonas, from
Drawings of heterolobosea
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Percolomonas descissus, from
Drawings of flagellates
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Percolomonas cosmopolitus, from
Micrographs of Percolomonas cosmopolitus
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Percolomonas cosmopolitus, from
Eutree - voucher materials
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Percolomonas cosmopolitus, from
Eutree - voucher materials
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Percolomonas cosmopolitus, from
Eutree - voucher materials
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Percolomonas cosmopolitus, from
Little Sippewissett salt marsh, Massachusetts, USA
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Percolomonas, from
American Type Culture Collection
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Percolomonas, from
American Type Culture Collection
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Percolomonas descissus, from
Heterotrophic flagellates of Botany Bay, Sydney, Australia
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