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PROTISTS VIDEO COLLECTION

Protists are pretty and bizarre - here are some of the bugs I care for!

Beach Protistology



Life of beach protists and beach protistologists.

Boundary Bay, Tsawwassan, British Columbia

Roombia truncata



Roombia truncata is a colorless, free-living grazer, feeding on small algal preys such as diatoms. It's living in the tiny space between the sand grain on the tidal beaches.



​Okamoto N, Chantangsi C, Horák A, Leander BS, Keeling PJ (2009) Molecular Phylogeny and Description of the Novel Katablepharid Roombia truncata gen. et sp. nov., and Establishment of the Hacrobia Taxon nov. PLoS ONE 4(9): e7080. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007080

Psammosa pacifica



Psammosa pacifica is a colorless, free-living grazer, feeding on small flagellates such as stramenopiles. It's living in the tiny space between the sand grain on the tidal beaches.



Okamoto N, Horák A, Keeling PJ (2012) Description of Two Species of Early Branching Dinoflagellates, Psammosa pacifica n. g., n. sp. and P. atlantica n. sp. PLoS ONE 7(6): e34900. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034900

Lectures and presentations

A guest lecture on Apicomplexans as part of Protistology course at UBC (2013)

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