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Mastigophora
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thumb|"Flagellata" from Ernst Haeckel's Artforms of Nature, 1904 thumb|Parasitic Excavata (Giardia lamblia) thumb|Green algae ([[Chlamydomonas)]]
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Mastigophora is a taxon classified as a class within the protozoa. It is also recognized as a subphylum under the phylum Sarcomastigophora, with a status of unaccepted. The group is commonly referred to as flagellates and is characterized by the presence of a flagellum. Its habitat is marine.
The taxon was described in sources including the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition and the Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary. Records associated with Mastigophora are held by institutions such as NHMUK and TCWC, located in the United Kingdom and Germany. These records include 193 entries and 67 media files, with one family identified as escharinidae.
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Species
flagellates
Subphylum
- PhylumSarcomastigophora
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 193
- With media
- 67
- Family
- Escharinidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, TCWC
- Recorded in
- United Kingdom, Germany
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Form and behavior
- Flagellates as specialized cells or life cycle stages
- Flagellates as organisms: the Flagellata
- References
- External links
thumb|"Flagellata" from Ernst Haeckel's Artforms of Nature, 1904 thumb|Parasitic Excavata (Giardia lamblia) thumb|Green algae ([[Chlamydomonas)]]
A flagellate is a cell or organism with one or more whip-like appendages called flagella. The word flagellate also describes a particular construction (or level of organization) characteristic of many prokaryotes and eukaryotes and their means of motion. The term presently does not imply any specific relationship or classification of the organisms that possess flagella. However, several derivations of the term "flagellate" (such as "dinoflagellate" and "choanoflagellate") are more formally characterized.
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