You Discover a New Lineage of Protists

question 17

Multiple Choice

You discover a new lineage of protists.You examine several species of this lineage under the microscope and find a distinctive feature that sets them apart from other protists.Following the nomenclature style used to name the lineage Discicristata,you decide to name this new lineage Spherocristata.What is the distinctive feature that is reflected in the name?

• A)a perfectly round nucleus
• B)spherical cristae within their mitochondria
• C)flagella that beat in a circle
• D)spherical thylakoids within their chloroplasts
• E)perfectly round lysosomes

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