Lobosea:
Gymnamoebia:
Amoebida: Tubulina: Hartmannellidae
Hartmannella sp.
Alexeieff, 1912, emend Page, 1974
Family: Body monopodial; pseudopods rare; locomotion by slight forward bulging; cysts common
(Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus: Body 6-9 times longer than broad; hyaline cap 1-2 times as long as broad
(How to know the ptozoa, 1979).
Hyaline cap usually present in locomotion; cysts uninucleate (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:
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Hartmannella sp. (vermiformis ?),
locomotive 28 μm long, 5 μm wide, L/W = 5.6,
nucleus 1.6 μmdiam.,
x 640, Japan, November 1998, by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Hartmannella vermiformis Page, 1967:
Locomotive, clavate, 12-30 μm long;
L : W = 6 : 1; pseudopods rarely formed; uroid rare, temporary; ectoplasm clear, anterior;
endoplasm granular; nucleus spherical, 2-4 μm;
endosome 0.7-2 μm (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
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