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Trepomonas (tree-poe-moan-ass) is one of the free-living diplomonad flagellates. As with almost all diplomonads there are two anterior nuclei and two sets of flagella, one set associated with each nucleus. Different genera are distinguished largely by the numbers and relative lengths of the flagella. This genus has one long anterior flagellum in each group, and three very short ones lying within each of the lateral grooves. Differential interference contrast.