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Choanoflagellate, an Uncommon card
Choanoflagellates are a group of free-living unicellular and colonial flagellate eukaryotes considered to be the closest living relatives of animals.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 76
- Power
- 151
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 41,000
Power 151 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Choanoflagellate quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Choanoflagellate card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ of choanoflagellates is surrounded by microvilli at its base.
Answer
flagellum. The flagellum of choanoflagellates is surrounded by microvilli at its base. From the Choanoflagellate article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Bacillus. Bacillus 81 · Choanoflagellate 75 · Otter 72 · Nepenthes mikei 67 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Bacillus. Bacillus 81,000 · Accretion 62,000 · Choanoflagellate 41,000 · Agrobacterium tumefaciens 20,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The name refers to the characteristic funnel-shaped "collar" of interconnected microvilli and the presence of a flagellum.
- Choanoflagellates are found globally in aquatic environments, and they are of particular interest to evolutionary biologists studying the origins of multicellularity in animals.
- The flagellum of choanoflagellates is surrounded by microvilli at its base.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Choanoflagellate article was read about 41,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 76: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Choanoflagellate
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Choanoflagellate (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Daniel Stoupin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
