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Filosea: Aconchulinida: Vampyrellidae

 Vampyrella sp.
Cienkowsky, 1865

Vampyrella 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).
Species:

Vampyrella, cell body in locomotion nearly spherical, about 50 μm in diam., x 640, Iida-shinden, Nishi-ku, Saitama city, Saitama Pref., Japan, July 4, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400
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Attacking next prey, x 640
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Well-fed cells, x 400, x 640
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Digestion proceeds, x 400, x 640
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