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Filosea: Aconchulinida: Vampyrellidae

 Vampyrella sp.
Cienkowsky, 1865

Vampyrella 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).
Species:

Vampyrella Cienkowsky, cell body 40 μm long, 48 μm wide, filopodia up to 25 μm long, x 640, a small pond at Nagaike park, Hachioji city, Tokyo, Japan, April 6, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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