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Parabasalia

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  • amoeba
    protozoan
    / Annotated classification

    Parabasalia Possess a unique parabasal Golgi body; the 2 major parabasalid groups are the trichomonads and the hypermastigotes. Preaxostyla Oxymonadida Articulate axostyle, made of microtubules, is unique. Known only as symbionts of wood-digesting insects; some have a holdfast called a rostellum, used

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    Parabasalia Possess a unique parabasal Golgi body; the 2 major parabasalid groups are the trichomonads and the hypermastigotes. Preaxostyla Oxymonadida Articulate axostyle, made of microtubules, is unique. Known only as symbionts of wood-digesting insects; some have a holdfast called a rostellum, used

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