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Phalansterium Cienkowski 1870; 1 of 5 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013).A member of the Amoebozoa (uniflagellates) by molecular deducton.Discussed as a potentially primitive flagellate ancestral to all eukaryotes as well as to animals and fungi (Cavalier-Smith 2000). |
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Morphology: |
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Colorless choanoflagellates usually described as uniflagellate with a single basal body; some photographs suggest a second flagellum closely appressed to the first. Sessile, anchored by an array of microtubules arranged in a circle. |
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References: |
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Cavalier-Smith, T. 2000. Flagellate megaevolution – The basis for
eukaryote diversification. In: Leadbeater, B.S.C. and J. Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 May 2013. |
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