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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Amphimonas

Amphimonas Dujardin (ref. ID; 1618)

[ref. ID; 1618]
Small oval or rounded amoeboid; flagella at anterior end; free-swimming or attached by an elongated stalk-like posterior process; fresh or salt water. (ref. ID; 1618)

[ref. ID; 5694]
Free-living heterotrophic flagellates. (ref. ID; 5694)
  1. Amphimonas globosa Kent (ref. ID; 1618, 3497)

Amphimonas globosa Kent (ref. ID; 1618, 3497)

Descriptions

Spherical; stalk long, delicate; fresh water. (ref. ID; 1618)
The globose body has two long anterior flagella equal in length and attaches to a substratum with a stick. There are some reflexible granules and usually a contractile vacuole in body. (ref. ID; 3497)

Measurements

About 13 um in diameter. (ref. ID; 1618)
Diameter 4-6 um. (ref. ID; 3497)