Entosiphon
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| Entosiphon | |
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| Differencial interference contrast micrograph of Entosiphon oblongum. Scale bar: 10 μm. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Discoba |
| Phylum: | Euglenozoa |
| Class: | Euglenida |
| Clade: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Entosiphon Stein 1878[1] |
| Type species | |
| Entosiphon sulcatum (Dujardin 1841) Stein 1878 | |
| Other species | |
Entosiphon is a genus of euglenids. It was described by Friedrich Stein in 1878.
Entosiphon is a genus of phagotrophic euglenids, single-celled flagellates with two flagella characterized by a protein pellicle present beneath the cell membrane. In particular, Entosiphon cells are distinguished by a protrusible ingestion apparatus. Their pellicle is composed of twelve protein strips.[2]