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Heliozoea: Dimorphida

Tetradimorpha tetramastix
Gruber, 1881

Sphaerastrum Genus: Ovoid or subspherical; with two flagella and radiating axopodia, all arising from an eccentric centriole; nucleus eccentric; pseudopods sometimes withdrawn; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).
Species: Spherical cell body (heliozoan type) 15-22 μm in diam. (Page & Siemensma, 1991).
Similar genus -->> Ciliophrys;


Tetradimorpha tetramastix, cell body 14 μm long, 8 μm wide, flagellum 20 μm long, x 400, x 640, Japan, 2003 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Tetradimorpha tetramastix Tetradimorpha tetramastix Tetradimorpha tetramastix Tetradimorpha tetramastix Tetradimorpha tetramastix
Tetradimorpha tetramastix Tetradimorpha tetramastix Tetradimorpha tetramastix Tetradimorpha tetramastix
Tetradimorpha tetramastix Tetradimorpha tetramastix Tetradimorpha tetramastix Tetradimorpha tetramastix Tetradimorpha tetramastix


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