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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Rhizoplasm

Rhizoplasm Verworn (ref. ID; 1618)

[ref. ID; 1618]
Spherical or sausage-shaped; with anastomosing filopodia; orange-red; with a few nuclei. (ref. ID; 1618)

[ref. ID; 5694]
Amoeboid protists. (ref. ID; 5694)
  1. Rhizoplasm kaiseri Verworn (ref. ID; 1618)

Rhizoplasm kaiseri Verworn (ref. ID; 1618)

Descriptions

With 1-3 nuclei; originally described from Red Sea. (ref. ID; 1618)

Measurements

Contracted form 0.5-1 mm in diameter; pseudopodia up to 3 cm long; extended body up to 10 mm long. (ref. ID; 1618)