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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).
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Vampyrella Cienkowsky, cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, No. 6, Miyatoko marsh, Minami-Aizu town, Fukushima Pref., Japan, June 15, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Images of collecting locality: No. 6, Miyatoko marsh, Minami-Aizu town, Fukushima Pref., Japan, June 15, 2008 by Y. Tsukii


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