Hemistasia phaeocysticola

It belongs to the diplonemid group, a clade related to the kinetoplastids (<i>Trypanosoma </i>and other related organisms). Being closely related, <i>H. phaeocysticola </i>also has a tentative, large, reticulated mitochondria, but with several kDNA clumps acting as kinetoplasts (instead of a single large kinetoplast, which is the "standard").

Another distinctive feature is a large digestive vacuole located at the rear of the cell.</p><p dir="ltr">Fun files, huh? They're free to use, <a href="creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en" target="_blank">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, attribution is required (DOTkamina 2026) and they're not for commercial purposes (anyway, you could ask me; my inbox is empty and full of spam from Nigerian princes). You can find more secrets, information about these resources, and the bibliography I used to create them (because I had to get the information from somewhere, right?) on <a href="dotkamina.blogspot.com/2026/09/hemistasia-phaeocysticola-scherffel.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><i>the blog</i></a>.