Genus: Ovoid or subspherical; with two flagella and radiating axopodia, all arising from an eccentric centriole; nucleus eccentric; pseudopods sometimes withdrawn; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).
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D. mutans
12 μm φ
24 x 9 μm
Kurihashi
Saitama, 2001
D. mutans
9 μm φ
22 x 11 μm
metamorphosis
Mizumoto p.
Tokyo, 2001
D. mutans
12 μm φ
food ingestion
Mizumoto p.
Tokyo, 2001
D. mutans ?
20 x 17 μm
Mizumoto p.
Tokyo, 2001
D. mutans ?
24 x 18 μm
Fukasaku
Saitama, 2002