Family: With two flagella; one directed anteriorly and the other posteriorly and trailing (recurrent flagellum); flagella orininate in anterior end; one to several contractile vacuoles (Kudo, 1966).
Genus: Small, ovoid, but plastic; cytostome anterior; encystment common (Kudo, 1966). Cytostome at the tip of a short rostrum which is ventral or tateral to the flagellar pocket (Illustrated Guide, 1985).

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Posterior slightly tapered
Bodo sp.1 10 x 4 μm Japan, 199?	B. caudatus ? 10 x 3 μm Japan, 1999	B. saltans ? 10 x 3 μm Uruguay, 1999	B. saltans ? 9 x 2.5, 4 μm Kuroiso Tochigi, 2002
Bodo sp.1 10 x 3 μm Uruguay, 1999	Bodo sp.1 9 x 3 μm Kawaguchi park Saitama, 2001	Bodo sp. ? 9 x 3 μm Iruma river Kawagoe Saitama, 2004
Posterior rounded
B. saltans ? 10 x 4 μm Kaga Ishikawa, 2000	B. saltans ? 8.5 x 4.7 μm Iwajuku Gunma, 2001	B. saltans ? 8 x 5 μm Japan, 199?	Bodo sp. μm Ogose town Saitama, 2003
B. saltans ? 9 x 3-4 μm riverside park Abukuma river Fukushima, 2005	Bodo sp. 9 x 3.5 μm Kibagata Park Komatsu Ishikawa, 2002	Bodo sp. μm Kisai town Saitama, 2003	Bodo sp. 7 x 3.5 μm Mizuko-kaizuka p. Fujimi Saitama, 2004
Others
Bodo sp.2 14 x 8 μm Japan, 199?	B. minimus ? semispherical 7 x 5 μm Japan, 1999	B. minimus ? semispherical μm Misato town Saitama, 2003	Bodo sp.3 7 x 3 μm Saitama, 1999
Bodo sp.4 10 x 2.5 μm Iwajuku Gunma, 2001	Bodo sp. μm Asahi-ku Kanagawa, 2003	Bodo sp. μm Ageo Saitama, 2003	Bodo sp. μm Chichibu Muse Park Saitama, 2003

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