portrait

Bicosoeca, a stramenopile flagellate (the feeding flagellum has stiff hairs and its activity draws water to the cell) living within a stalked egg-cup shaped lorica. The feeding flagellum projects out of the lorica (most of these cells have contracted into their loricas), a second flagellum arises at the front of the cell, curves over the cell body and attached the cell to the bottom of the lorica. This flagellum can contract and draw the cell quickly into the lorica. This genus also often reported under the name Bicoeca. Differential interference contrast.  This image was obtained by Feng Weisong, Gu Xiwen, Yang Jun and Miao Wei (of the Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences) and David Patterson in the summer of 2002. Image copyright: D. J. Patterson, image used under license to MBL (micro*scope).

Bicosoeca

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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, from Lake Toolik, Arctic Alaska	Bicosoeca, from Lake Toolik, Arctic Alaska
Bicosoeca petiolata, from Freshwater and Terrestrial Microbes of Idaho (USA) and Elsewhere	Bicosoeca, from Freshwater and Terrestrial Microbes of Idaho (USA) and Elsewhere