Choanoflagellates Flip from Ball to Cup (VIDEO)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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A newly discovered species of choanoflagellates performs a flip, inverting from a ball of cells with tail-like flagella pointing outside to a cup-shaped form with flagella inside. The species, named C. flexa for its abilities, may use the ball form for swimming and the cup form for feeding.

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T. Brunet, B. T. Larson, T. A. Linden et al./Science 2019

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