Membranelle

An organelle in eyelash animals is called a membranelle . There are numerous, seemingly interconnected eyelashes that form a standing triangle, but are arranged at the base as a rectangle of usually 3 or 5, occasionally 2 or 4 dense rows of kinetosomes . The kinetosomes are linked by fibrils . They usually serve as a functional unit for spinning food, rarely for locomotion.

Presumably the organelles identified by this term are not homologous .

Eyelash animals from the Spirotrichea group have what is known as an adoral membrane zone (AZM), which is composed of several rows of membranes and extends into the buccal cavity . Eyelash animals from the group of hymenostomatia, on the other hand, have the membranell on the left side of the buccal cavity, while on the right side an undulating membrane .

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↑ ^a ^b Rudolf Röttger: Dictionary of Protozoology In: Protozoological Monographs, Vol. 2, 2001, p. 135, ISBN 3826585992 .
↑ John J. Lee: An Annotated Glossary of Protozoological Terms In: John J. Lee, GF Leedale, P. Bradbury (Eds.): An Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa . tape 2 . Allen, Lawrence 2000, ISBN 1-891276-23-9 , pp. 1364 .

[rött-1] Rudolf Röttger: Dictionary of Protozoology In: Protozoological Monographs, Vol. 2, 2001, p. 135, ISBN 3826585992 .

[ill-2] John J. Lee: An Annotated Glossary of Protozoological Terms In: John J. Lee, GF Leedale, P. Bradbury (Eds.): An Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa . tape 2 . Allen, Lawrence 2000, ISBN 1-891276-23-9 , pp. 1364 .