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noun Zoology.
any flagellate of the genera Monosiga and Proterospongia, having a protoplasmic collar encircling the base of the flagellum.
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Choanoflagellate
is always a great word to know.
So is invertebrate. Does it mean:
| pertaining to creatures without a backbone |
| phylum comprised of arthropods |
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choanoflagellate
any protozoan of the flagellate order Choanoflagellida (sometimes classified in the order Kinetoplastida) having a transparent food-gathering collar of cytoplasm around the base of the flagellum. Many choanoflagellates are solitary and sessile (attached to a surface), with or without a stalk. Some have a lorica (rigid covering). These organisms closely resemble the collar cells of sponges. Salpingoeca is an example.
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