Skip to content
EntityQ7180254· pop 7· linked from 72 articles

Phalansterium

Sign in to save

Phalansterium is a genus of single-celled flagellated organisms comprising several species, which form colonies. Phalansterium produces tetraspores.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomProtozoa
  2. PhylumAmoebozoa
  3. ClassVariosea
  4. OrderPhalansteriida
  5. FamilyPhalansteriidae
Habitatfreshwater

via GBIF

Wikidata facts

Image
Haeckel Flagellata.jpg
Show 2 more facts
taxon name
Phalansterium
Commons category
Phalansterium
Sources (2)

via Wikidata · CC0

~1 min read

Article

2 sections
Contents
  • Species
  • References

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.

Available in 5 languages

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0

Connections

Categories