Lobosea: Gymnamoebia: Amoebida: Thecina: Discamoebidae
Vannella simplex
Wohlfarth-Bottermann, 1960
Genus: Body fan-shaped in locomotion; Anterior, clear fan lacks bosses (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: 35-80 μm wide in locomotion;
L/B < 0.5; hyaline veil sometimes only along front;
nucleus 7.7-10.8 μm (Page, 1976).
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Vannella sp. (simplex ?),
cell body 55 μm long, 47 μm wide, L/W=1.2,
x 640, Heisei-no-mori park, Kawajima (Kawashima) town, Saitama Pref., February 25, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
Images of collecting locality:
Heisei-no-mori park, Kawajima (Kawashima) town, Saitama Pref., February 25, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
Recent study on Vannella simplex:
Smirnov, A.V., et al., Morphological, ecological and molecular studies of Vannella simplex Wohlfarth-Bottermann
1960 (Lobosea, Gymnoamoebia), with a new diagnosis of this species, Protist, vol. 153, 367-377 (2002).
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