Genus: Usually limax-like, with villous-bulb uroid; locomotion by steady flow with occasional
slight antero-lateral bulging; floating form with long, blunt, granular pseudopodia; uninucleate (Page, 1976).
Pseudopods do not meld at bases during locomotion; pseudopods not ridged; nucleus spherical
(Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Broadly clavate in locomotion, 200-300 μm long. Uroid, a semi-permanent bulb or cup with short lobes. Ectoplasm, clear not distinct from endoplasm. Endoplasm, clear, few granules; nucleus spheroidal, 40-60 μm, sometimes dented, no endosome (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Generally thicker than T. villosa, L/B 2.5-3 (?) (Page, 1976). |
Images of collecting locality:
No.10 (Suimei-no-hotori), Kannon-numa Forest Park (pond), Shimogo town, Fukushima Pref., Japan, November 15, 2008, by Y. Tsukii