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Any freshwater alga of the phylum Glaucophyta.

Glaucocystis sp.

Any freshwater alga of the phylum Glaucophyta.

Representation of a glaucophyte

1. Anterior flagellum (with hairs)
2. Mucocyst, discharges a mucous mass sometimes used in cyst formation
3. Plate
4. Plate vesicle
5. Starch granule
6. Furrow
7. Anterior folds
8. Basal body
9. Contractile vacuole, regulates the quantity of water inside a cell
10. Golgi apparatus; modifies proteins and sends them out of the cell
11. Plastid membranes (2, primary)
12. Peptidoglycan, a polysaccharide layer surrounding the cytoplasmic membrane
13. Central body
14. Thylakoids, site of the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis
15. Phycobilisome
16. Nucleolus
17. Nucleus
18. Endoplasmic reticulum, the transport network for molecules going to specific parts of the cell
19. Mitochondrion, creates ATP (energy) for the cell, (flat cristae)
20. Posterior flagellum