| Desmarella moniliformis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Class: | Choanoflagellatea |
| Order: | Craspedida |
| Family: | Codonosigaceae |
| Genus: | Desmarella |
| Species: | D. moniliformis |
| Binomial name | |
| Desmarella moniliformis Kent, 1878 | |
Desmarella moniliformis is a species of choanoflagellata belonging to the family Salpingoecidae. [1]
The species is found in the northern parts of the Atlantic and north eastern parts of the Pacific [2] near the United Kingdom, Belgium, and Sweden. [3]
The choanoflagellates are a group of free-living unicellular and colonial flagellate eukaryotes considered to be the closest living relatives of the animals. Choanoflagellates are collared flagellates, having a funnel shaped collar of interconnected microvilli at the base of a flagellum. Choanoflagellates are capable of both asexual and sexual reproduction. They have a distinctive cell morphology characterized by an ovoid or spherical cell body 3–10 µm in diameter with a single apical flagellum surrounded by a collar of 30–40 microvilli. Movement of the flagellum creates water currents that can propel free-swimming choanoflagellates through the water column and trap bacteria and detritus against the collar of microvilli, where these foodstuffs are engulfed. This feeding provides a critical link within the global carbon cycle, linking trophic levels. In addition to their critical ecological roles, choanoflagellates are of particular interest to evolutionary biologists studying the origins of multicellularity in animals. As the closest living relatives of animals, choanoflagellates serve as a useful model for reconstructions of the last unicellular ancestor of animals.
Cystophora is a genus of brown algae found mostly in temperate waters around Australia. Most of the southern Australian species can be immediately recognised as belonging to this genus by their characteristic zigzag branching pattern. Identification of individual species is generally more difficult and relies on the size and shape of branches, particularly terminal branches, which are specialised reproductive structures known as receptacles. Due to their local diversity and dominance in southern Australia, they are regarded by some as 'the eucalypts of the underwater world'.
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Moniliformis moniliformis is a parasite of the Acanthocephala phylum in the family Moniliformidae. The adult worms are usually found in intestines of rodents or carnivores such as cats and dogs. The species can also infest humans, though this is rare.
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Lunella moniliformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Moncrieff Bay is a bay in the Australian state of South Australia located at the east end of the Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island in the gazetted locality of Willoughby overlooking Backstairs Passage about 106 kilometres (66 mi) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 47 kilometres (29 mi) south-east of the municipal seat of Kingscote.
Codonosigaceae is a family of choanoflagellates.
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