The stramenopiles, also called heterokonts, are protists distinguished by the presence of stiff tripartite external hairs. In most species, the hairs are attached to flagella, in some they are attache
Electron micrograph of the protist Paraphysomonas butcheri. It illustrates the stramenopile property of having stiff hairs. The hairs attach to one longer flagellum, the other is without hairs. The body is coated with delicate scales. Paraphysomonas feeds on bacteria, two of which lie near the hairy flagellum.
Two living C. roenbergensis. Light micrograph. The cells are about 6 µm long. The anterior flagellum beats with an undulating pattern, the posterior (recurrent or smooth) flagellum usually holds the cell to the substrate.
Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, an example of a multicellular stramenopile, is a large seaweed, up to 45 metres (150 feet) long, in the Phaeophyceae, within the Gyrista.
The eukaryotes are cellular organisms of the domain Eukaryota or Eukarya, which have a distinct cell nucleus, membrane-bound organelles and organization supported by a cytoskeleton. Extant eukaryotes
Stramenopile
…genetic similarity). Stramenopiles represent one of the three major clades in the SAR supergroup, along with Alveolata and Rhizaria. Stramenopiles are eukaryotes; most are single-celled, but some are multicellular including some large seaweeds, the brown algae. The group includes a variety of algal protists…
Rhodomonas salina CCMP 322
Ranunculus asiaticus 4LEST
Leocarpus fragilis 10649909