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Scytomonas

Scytomonas Stein, 1878 (ref. ID; 4950)

[ref. ID; 1618]
Oval or pyriform, with a delicate pellicle; a single flagellum; a contractile vacuole with a reservoir; holozoic on bacteria; longitudinal fission in motile stage; stagnant water and coprozoic. (ref. ID; 1618)
  1. Scytomonas major (Berliner) Lemmermann (ref. ID; 4950)
    Syn; Copromonas major Berliner (ref. ID; 4950)
  2. Scytomonas pusilla Stein (ref. ID; 1618, 4950) reported author and year? (ref. ID; 4826)
    Syn; Copromonas subtilis Debell (ref. ID; 4950)
  3. Scytomonas pusilla var. sarmatica Drezepolski, 1925 (ref. ID; 4950)

Scytomonas pusilla Stein (ref. ID; 1618, 4950) reported author and year? (ref. ID; 4826)

Synonym

Copromonas subtilis Debell (ref. ID; 4950)

Measurements

About 150 um long. (ref. ID; 1618)