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Kuvaus:

Dinobryon (dine-oh-bry-on) a mixotrophic stramenopile (chrysophyte) with one long flagellum and one short flagellum. When feeding heterotrophically, the beating of the long flagellum draws food towards the cell where it may be ingested. The cell also has brownish chloroplasts. It forms a flimsy tubular lorica. Phase contrast microscopy.