Screwy heart flagellate

Screwy heart flagellate
Systematics
without rank:	Euglenida
without rank:	Euglenophyceae
without rank:	Euglenea
without rank:	Euglenaceae
Genre :	Phacus
Type :	Screwy heart flagellate
Scientific name
	Phacus pyrum
	( Ehrenberg ) F. Stein

The screwed heart flagellate ( Phacus pyrum ) is a protist species from the genus Phacus . It occurs in stagnant, clean and well-exposed waters.

features

Phacus pyrum is 30 to 50 micrometers long. The cells are obovate. They run out to the rear in a straight, long stinger. 8 spiral strips converge at the mouth of the scourge sac. The scourge is as long as the body. The membrane is not completely filled by the protoplast . The chloroplasts are disc-shaped.

supporting documents

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Heinz Streble , Dieter Krauter : Life in the water drop. Microflora and microfauna of freshwater. An identification book. Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-440-11966-2 .

Web links

Phacus pyrum at www.algaebase.org

[Wassertropfen-1] A ^b Heinz Streble , Dieter Krauter : Life in the water drop. Microflora and microfauna of freshwater. An identification book. Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-440-11966-2 .