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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Massisteria

Massisteria Larsen & Patterson, 1990 (ref. ID; 4907)

Order Cercomonadida Vickerman 1983 (ref. ID; 4872), Vickerman 1983 in Lee 1985 (ref. ID; 4907)
  1. Massisteria marina Larsen & Patterson, 1990 (ref. ID; 4872)

Massisteria marina Larsen & Patterson, 1990 (ref. ID; 4872)

Descriptions

Cells are attached to the substrate, dorsal surface convex. Radiating occasionally branching pseudopodia with extrusomes extend from the cell and normally adhere to the substrate. Two short curved flagella resembling the letter "S" on the dorsal side of the cell. (ref. ID; 4872)

Measurements

Cell diameter 5 um, with a range of 4.2-7 um. Previously reported size range 2.5-5 um (Patterson & Fenchel 1990), 3-9 um (Larsen & Patterson 1990; Vors 1992). (ref. ID; 4872)