Protaspis
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Protaspis is a genus of heterotrophic flagellates from the Cercomonadida group .
features
The cell body has a fixed shape, the two unevenly striking, unequal length flagella attach subapically to the ventral side of the cell. The cells are flattened dorsoventrally , there is a pit on the ventral side. From this pit, the pseudopodia are formed, which are used for food intake. The cell nucleus often has a cell cap.
nutrition
The nutrition is phagotrophic with the help of the pseudopodia. Protaspis verrucosa is able to catch small cells of gold monads and bodonids .
Systematics
According to Mylnikov and Karpov (2004), the genus includes the following species:
- Protaspis gemmiferum
- Protaspis glans , the type species
- Protaspis maior
- Protaspis metarhiza
- Protaspis obliqua
- Protaspis obovata
- Protaspis simplex
- Protaspis tegere
- Protaspis verrucosa
supporting documents
- Alexander P. Mylnikov, Serguei A. Karpov: Review of diversity and taxonomy of cercomonads . Protistology, Vol. 3, 2004, pp. 201-217. ISSN 1680-0826