Metromonas simplex (Griessmann) Larsen & Patterson, 1990

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Metromonas simplex

Cell in feeding position (PC)

Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna

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Title
Metromonas simplex
Photographer/artist
Mats Kuylenstierna
Copyright holder
Maria Kuylenstierna
Institute
University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
Cell in feeding position (PC)
Image galleries
Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
H
Morphology
With a characteristic motion and often with one long and one short flagellum
Other remarks
It can feed on Hemiselmis sp. in culture. Associated with surfaces
Distribution: Widely
Life form
Solitary
Size
length 3-8 µm
Literature
Grießmann, K. 1913. Über marine flagellaten. Archiven für Protistenkunde/Protozoen, Algen, Pilzen., 32: 1-78.
Larsen, J. & Patterson, D. J. 1990. Some flagellates (Protista) from tropical marine sediments. J. Nat. Hist. 24: 801-937.
Vørs, N. 1992a. Heterotrofe protister (ekskl. dinoflagellater, loricabærende choanoflagellater og ciliater). In: (Thomsen eds.) Plankton i de indre danske farvande. Havforskning fra Miljøstyrelsen, Copenhagen, pp. 195-250.
Vørs, N. 1992b. Heterotrophic amoebae, flagellates and heliozoa from the Tvärminne area, Gulf of Finland, in 1988-1990. Ophelia. 36: 1-109.