Why Are These Single-Celled Organisms So Large?

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One day, James—our master of microscopes—was cleaning the marine tanks that some of his organisms live in when he noticed this creature. It was hard to miss given that it was visible to the naked eye, thanks to both its bright red color and large size.

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SOURCES:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-30186-2
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvqhsq3.3#metadata_info_tab_contents
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2400527
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/sed.12837

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