stephanokontEtymologyFrom stephano- (“wreath”) + -kont (“flagellate”) from Ancient Greek στέφανος (stéphanos, “wreath”) and Ancient Greek κοντός (kontós, “pole”) respectively.stephanokont means having a subapical ring of short flagella that are uniform in length. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.adjHaving a subapical ring of short flagella that are uniform in length.“Although Feldmann (1950) believed the stephanokont zoospores were meiospores and would give rise to the Halicystis stage, just as Kornmann had already shown in Derbesia marina, he also considered it probable that at times the zoosporangia might produce mitospores which could give rise directly to Derbesia plants.”nounAn organelle that is stephanokont.