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Chrysopyxis stenostoma, a solitary chrysophyte, epiphytic on filamentous algae, that occupies a clear vase-like lorica. The lorica may acquire a brownish color from iron and manganese salts with age. The Chrysopyxis attaches to filamentous algae by means of two fine basal projections of the lorica, which form a ring around the algal filament (seen well in this image). The cell is spherical with a single, distally branching rhizopodium that protrudes through an aperture in the lorica. Fine granules pass from the cell body to the branches of the rhizopodium. There are one or two gold-brown chloroplasts. There is no stigma. Division occurs within the lorica with one cell remaining and the other escaping as a flagellated swarmer that goes on to form its own lorica. From organically enriched standing freshwater near Boise, Idaho. Differential interference contrast.
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- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (Eucariontes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Stramenopiles
- Ochrophyta
- Chrysophyceae
- Hibberdiales
- Stylococcaceae
- Chrysopyxis
- Chrysopyxis stenostoma
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