Single Celled Xenophyophorea

Single Celled Xenophyophorea
Xenophyophorea
Up to 20 cm Seafloor Vaccuum Cleaner
The largest single celled organism in the known world. Abundant on abyssal plains. Extracts minerals from its surrounding sediments and uses these to form its structure known as a 'test'. Only 1% of its mass is living cell or 'protoplasm'. Too fragile to sample withou damaging.