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Filosea: Aconchulinida: Vampyrellidae

Vampyrella
Cienkowsky, 1865

Family: With non-anastomosing more or less radiate peripheral filopodia.
Genus: Algophorous parasites; cytoplasm reddish; pseudopodia tapering, flexible (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Heliozoa-like; endoplasm vacuolated or granulated, with carotin granules; numerous vesicular nuclei and contractile vacuoles; multinucleate cysts, sometimes with stalk; 50-700 μm in diameter (Kudo, 1966).

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Vampyrella
V. lateritia
μm
Kurome river
Asaka
Saitama, 1998
Vampyrella
V. lateritia
Rapid intake of food
μm
Shizuoka, 2001
Vampyrella
Rapid intake of food
video by Tsukii
web by Kihara
Movies
Vampyrella
V. lateritia
35 x 65 μm
Iruma Park
Saitama, 2002
Vampyrella
V. lateritia
46-54 μm
near Yo-ro bridge
Saitama, 1999
Vampyrella
V. lateritia
71 μm φ
Japan, 1998
Vampyrella
V. lateritia
30-42 μm
Senjo-ga-hara
Nikko
Tochigi, 2003
Vampyrella
V. lateritia
27-30 μm
O-ike w. p.
Kasukabe
Saitama, 2004
Vampyrella
Vampyrella sp.
μm
Japan, 1998
Vampyrella
Vampyrella sp.
amoeboid stage
μm
Japan, 1998
Vampyrella
Vampyrella sp.
μm
Japan, 1998
Vampyrella lateritia
Vampyrella sp.
35 x 50 μm
Kashibaru m.3
Karatsu
Saga, 2006
Vampyrella
Vampyrella sp.
40 μm φ
Kawagoe
Saitama, 2002
Vampyrella
Vampyrella sp. ?
or Filamoeba ?
85-100 μm
Chichibu
Saitama, 2003
Vampyrella
Vampyrella sp.
50-55 μm
Abiko
Chiba, 2000
Vampyrella
Vampyrella sp.
45-55 μm
Kaga
Ishikawa, 2000
Vampyrella
Vampyrella sp.
48-50 μm
Zenko-ji
Nagano, 2003
Vampyrella
Vampyrella sp.
40 x 48 μm
Nagaike park
Hachioji
Tokyo, 2005
Vampyrella
Vampyrella sp.
18-22 μm
Omine-numa
Tsukiyono
Gunma, 2003
Vampyrella
Vampyrella sp.
33 μm
near Akai wetland
Aizuwakamatsu
Fukushima, 2005
Vampyrella
Vampyrella sp.
μm
Miyatoko m.5
Minami-Aizu
Fukushima, 2008
Vampyrella
Vampyrella sp.
μm
Miyatoko m.6
Minami-Aizu
Fukushima, 2008
Vampyrella
Vampyrella sp.
25 μm
near Karakemi marsh
Omachi
Nagano, 2005
Vampyrella
Vampyrella sp.
28 μm
Iroha-numa
Zao mountain
Yamagata, 2005
Vampyrella
Vampyrella sp.
14 μm
Tashirodaira m.
Hakkoda mountain
Aomori, 2005
Vampyrella
Vampyrella sp.2
50 μm φ
fed on Cosmarium
Iida-shinden
Saitama
Saitama, 2004
Vampyrella
Vampyrella sp.3
μm
fed on Tribonema
Furuike marsh
Togakushi highland
Nagano, 2005
Vampyrella
Vampyrella sp.4
μm
fed on Melosira
Japan, 1998

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Vampyrella
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