Family: With non-anastomosing more or less radiate peripheral filopodia.
Genus: Algophorous parasites; cytoplasm reddish; pseudopodia tapering, flexible (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Heliozoa-like; endoplasm vacuolated or granulated, with carotin granules; numerous vesicular nuclei and contractile vacuoles; multinucleate cysts, sometimes with stalk; 50-700 μm in diameter (Kudo, 1966).

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V. lateritia μm Kurome river Asaka Saitama, 1998	V. lateritia Rapid intake of food μm Shizuoka, 2001	Rapid intake of food video by Tsukii web by Kihara Movies	V. lateritia 35 x 65 μm Iruma Park Saitama, 2002
V. lateritia 46-54 μm near Yo-ro bridge Saitama, 1999	V. lateritia 71 μm φ Japan, 1998	V. lateritia 30-42 μm Senjo-ga-hara Nikko Tochigi, 2003	V. lateritia 27-30 μm O-ike w. p. Kasukabe Saitama, 2004
Vampyrella sp. μm Japan, 1998	Vampyrella sp. amoeboid stage μm Japan, 1998	Vampyrella sp. μm Japan, 1998	Vampyrella sp. 35 x 50 μm Kashibaru m.3 Karatsu Saga, 2006
Vampyrella sp. 40 μm φ Kawagoe Saitama, 2002	Vampyrella sp. ? or Filamoeba ? 85-100 μm Chichibu Saitama, 2003	Vampyrella sp. 50-55 μm Abiko Chiba, 2000	Vampyrella sp. 45-55 μm Kaga Ishikawa, 2000
Vampyrella sp. 48-50 μm Zenko-ji Nagano, 2003	Vampyrella sp. 40 x 48 μm Nagaike park Hachioji Tokyo, 2005	Vampyrella sp. 18-22 μm Omine-numa Tsukiyono Gunma, 2003
Vampyrella sp. 33 μm near Akai wetland Aizuwakamatsu Fukushima, 2005	Vampyrella sp. μm Miyatoko m.5 Minami-Aizu Fukushima, 2008	Vampyrella sp. μm Miyatoko m.6 Minami-Aizu Fukushima, 2008
Vampyrella sp. 25 μm near Karakemi marsh Omachi Nagano, 2005	Vampyrella sp. 28 μm Iroha-numa Zao mountain Yamagata, 2005	Vampyrella sp. 14 μm Tashirodaira m. Hakkoda mountain Aomori, 2005
Vampyrella sp.2 50 μm φ fed on Cosmarium Iida-shinden Saitama Saitama, 2004	Vampyrella sp.3 μm fed on Tribonema Furuike marsh Togakushi highland Nagano, 2005	Vampyrella sp.4 μm fed on Melosira Japan, 1998

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