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Lobosea: Gymnamoebia: Amoebida: Thecina: Discamoebidae

Discamoeba anthyllion

Discamoeba Family: Small, less than 50 μm; oblong to ovate; ridges faint or absent.
Genus: Body ovate in locomotion; longer than broad; with more or less thick clear zone around granular mass; uninucleate (Illustrated Guide, 1985).

Species: 30-35 μm; similar to D. guttula; slow moving (How to know the protozoa, 1979). Clear ectoplasm around cell body.


Discamoeba anthyllion (or Stiramoeba ?), cell body 38 μm long, 25 μm wide, clear ectoplasm around cell body, x 400, x 640, Japan, May-June 1999 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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