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Lobosea: Gymnamoebia: Amoebida: Thecina: Discamoebidae

Discamoeba anthyllion

Discamoeba Family: Small, less than 50 μm; oblong to ovate; ridges faint or absent.
Genus: Body ovate in locomotion; longer than broad; with more or less thick clear zone around granular mass; uninucleate (Illustrated Guide, 1985).

Species: 30-35 μm; similar to D. guttula; slow moving (How to know the protozoa, 1979). Clear ectoplasm around cell body.


Discamoeba anthyllion, locomotive 30 μm long, 16 μm wide, clear ectoplasm around cell body, x 400, x 640, Nasu-shiobara city (formerly Kuroiso city), Tochigi Pref., Japan, March 2001 by Y. Tsukii
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