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two flagella and radiating axopodia, all arising from an eccentric centriole; nucleus eccentric; pseudopods sometimes withdrawn; fresh water (Kudo, 1966).

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D. mutans 12 μm φ 24 x 9 μm Kurihashi Saitama, 2001	D. mutans 9 μm φ 22 x 11 μm metamorphosis Mizumoto p. Tokyo, 2001	D. mutans 12 μm φ food ingestion Mizumoto p. Tokyo, 2001	D. mutans ? 20 x 17 μm Mizumoto p. Tokyo, 2001
D. mutans ? 24 x 18 μm Fukasaku Saitama, 2002

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