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pelagic; marine |
Western Indian Ocean and Northeast Atlantic: North Sea. |
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Obligate mixotroph, requiring both light and prey for long-term survival. Has feeding structures, including food vacuoles and peduncle-like arrangement of microtubular ribbons. Uses its peduncle to extract and ingest cell contents of its prey organism, a ciliate (Ref. 115338). |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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