Genus MONAS (Ehr.) Stein '78
(Kent '81; Bütschli '86; Klebs '97; Senn 1900.)
The body is small, globular or oval and either free-swimming or fastened by one of the two flagella. The body is sometimes a little amœboid, with short pseudopodial processes. In addition to the main flagellum, there are usually one or two small flagella at the basis of the larger one. The nucleus is usually anterior, and one or two contractile vacuoles are present.
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Fig. 9.— Monas sp. [ ENLARGE ] |
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Monas sp. Fig. 9.
An extremely small form (3µ) attached by a thread of protoplasm—perhaps a flagellum, to algæ. The body is ovoid and the main flagellum is about four times the length of the body. The contractile vacuole is posterior. Only one specimen was seen and upon this I shall not attempt to name the species.