Mastigoneme
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Mastigonemes are lateral "hairs" that attach to protistan flagella. Flimsy hairs attach to the flagella of euglenid flagellates, while stiff hairs occur in stramenopile and cryptophyte protists. Stram
A chrysomonad (Heterokonta: Chrysophyceae) under TEM, with a smooth flagellum (1) and a long flagellum covered with mastigonemes (3)
Two cryptomonads (Cryptophyceae) under SEM. Mastigonemes not visible.
Haptophyte
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The haptophytes, classified either as the Haptophytina, Haptophyta or Prymnesiophyta, are a clade of algae that can produce minerals.
Diagram of a haptophyte cell