Zoomastigophora: Rhizomastigida
Xenophyophorea: Pelobiontida: Mastigamoebidae:
Mastigamoeba longfilum
Stokes
Genus: Monomastigote, uninucleate, with finger-like pseudopodia; flagellum long and connected with
nucleus (Kudo, 1966).
Species:
28 μm long when extended;
elongate, tranparent; flagellum twice body length; pseudopods few short;
contractile vacuole anterior (Kudo, 1966).
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Mastigina
Mastigamoeba longfilum,
similar to M. longifilum but flagellum shorter, contractile vacuole posterior,
flagellate state, cell body 31-43 μm long, 8 μm wide,
flagellum 31-47 μm long,
x 400, x 640, Shitami Oike, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima Pref., Japan, collected October 1998, photo March 1999 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400
Mastigamoeba aspera Schulze:
Locomotive 150-200 μm long,
50 μm wide;
during locomotin elongate and narrowed anteriorly, posterior end rounded or lobed;
pseudopods slender, straight; two contractile vacuoles (Kudo, 1966).
* Mastigamoeba longifilum Stokes:
28 μm long when extended;
elongate, tranparent; flagellum twice body length; pseudopods few short;
contractile vacuole anterior (Kudo, 1966).
Mastigamoeba setosa (Goldschmidt):
Up to 140 μm long (Kudo, 1966).
Mastigamoeba hylae (Frenzel):
In the hind-gut of the tadpoles of frogs and toads;
80-135 μm long,
21-31 μm wide;
flagellum about 10 μm (Kuod, 1966).
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