Monosiga

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SIMILAR GENERA

Other choanoflagellates:

Stramenopiles:
    Bicosoecids: Pedinellids:
      Uniflagellate, the flagellum bearing tripartite tubular hairs; swimming cells moving "forward", with flagellum in front; sessile cells often attached with cytoplasmic stalk; no theca or lorica, but may have scales and/or spines; tentacles on cell body, but not forming a collar; no cell mouth; most species with chloroplasts.

      Examples (species lacking chloroplasts; find them under the micro*scope):

        Actinomonas mirabilis
        Pteridomonas danica


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