Lobosea
:
Gymnamoebia
: Amoebida: Thecina: Thecamoebidae
Thecamoeba
terricola
(Greefe, 1866) Lepsi, 1960
Genus: A flattened ovoid or oblong, with
longitudinal surface folds
and appearance of thickened 'pellicle'; hyaloplasm a crescent at anterior end with thin extensions toward posterior end along sides; uninucleate (Page, 1976).
Species:
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Thecamoeba terricola
, 1, 2) floating forms, 3, 4) locomotive forms, cell length 95 μm, by H. Yoshino
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