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Portrait of Collodictyon, a free-living heterotrophic flagellate of uncertain affinity. The cell has a ventral groove, flanked posteriorly by two rounded projections. There are four flagella about one and a half times the cell length. Collodictyon is a voracious feeder. The cell ingests other protists via the central groove. This cell has been grossly distorted by ingestion of the diatom, Actinella. A relationship to the biflagellate Diphyelleia has been suggested based on EM studies of the flagellar apparatus, dictyosomes and mitochondrial structure (Brugerolle, G. et al. Protist 153:59-70, 2002). From a temporary polysaprobic freshwater farm pond near Boise, Idaho. Differential interference contrast.
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