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Colacium
Sign in to saveColacium is a genus of algae belonging to the family Euglenaceae. It has two phases: a motile phase and a sessile phase, where it is found attached to other freshwater organisms.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomProtozoa
- PhylumEuglenozoa
- ClassEuglenoidea
- OrderEuglenida
- FamilyEuglenaceae
Habitatfreshwater
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Euglenaceae
- Collections
- NY
- Recorded in
- United States
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Colacium is a genus of algae belonging to the family Euglenaceae. It has two phases: a motile phase and a sessile phase, where it is found attached to other freshwater organisms.
The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Colacium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.