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iNat·1509997GenusChromista2 field observations
  1. kelp, diatoms, and allies
  2. ›Ochrophyta
  3. ›Silicoflagellates
  4. ›Pedinellales
  5. ›Actinomonadaceae
Pteridomonas
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Pteridomonas

Pteridomonas is a genus of heterotrophic flagellates belonging to the phylum Ochrophyta. It was described in 1890 by Eugène Penard. Species of this genus descend from a group of photosynthetic algae but have secondarily lost their chloroplasts. They are single-celled flagellates, attached to the substrate by a stalk and distinguished by a ring of tentacles around the single flagellum. They can be found in marine, brackish or freshwater environments.

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