Practice question
Question
A marine photosynthetic protist has stiff cellulose plates and two flagella placed in different orientations. Which additional observation would support its identification?
Explanation
The organism is a dinoflagellate. Most dinoflagellates possess one longitudinal flagellum and one transverse flagellum lying in a furrow between the cellulose plates.
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