Phalansterium
Sign in to savePhalansterium is a genus of single-celled flagellated organisms comprising several species, which form colonies. Phalansterium produces tetraspores.
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GENUS
- KingdomProtozoa
- PhylumAmoebozoa
- ClassVariosea
- OrderPhalansteriida
- FamilyPhalansteriidae
Habitatfreshwater
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Phalansterium is a genus of single-celled flagellated organisms comprising several species, which form colonies. Phalansterium produces tetraspores.
Phalansterium is hard to classify; it has a distinctive ultrastructure of its pericentriolar material. Molecular evidence places it in the Amoebozoa.
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