A closer examination shows that the network consists of branched slime tubes within which spindle-shaped cells move backwards and forwards.
• Movement of a speed up to 100 mm/min has been reported and is due to a system of contractile actin-like proteins in the slime net.
•Cells occasionally aggregate to form sporangia containing numerous round cysts.
•Following meiosis, eight heterokont zoospores are released by each cyst.