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Record 1 1997-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Living Matter - General Properties

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propriétés générales de la matière vivante
OBS

Protozoaire flagellé marin microscopique, de forme généralement sphérique et pourvu d'un long flagelle mobile.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Propiedades generales de la materia viva
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Record 2 1991-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Zoology
DEF

A genus of marine plantlike flagellates that are unusually large, complex in structure, and bioluminescent and that when present in numbers are responsible for much of the phosphorescence of the sea

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zoologie
DEF

Protozoaire luminescent qui vit dans la mer et se présente sous la forme d'une sphère minuscule et molle

Spanish

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