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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Dimorpha

Dimorpha Gruber (ref. ID; 1618)

[ref. ID; 1618]
Ovoid or subspherical; with two flagella and radiating axopodia, all arising from an eccentric centriole; nucleus eccentric; pseudopods sometimes withdrawn; fresh water. (ref. ID; 1618)
  1. Dimorpha floridanis Bovee (ref. ID; 1618)
    See; Ciliophrys marina (ref. ID; 3960)
  2. Dimorpha monomastix Penard, 1921
    See; Ciliophrys sp. (ref. ID; 3960)
  3. Dimorpha mutans Gruber (ref. ID; 1618, 7718)

Dimorpha floridanis Bovee (ref. ID; 1618)

See

Ciliophrys marina (ref. ID; 3960)

Descriptions

Fresh water lake. (ref. ID; 1618)

Measurements

Flagellate phase 18-20 um long by 6-7 um wide; two flagella 10-12 um long, one directed anteriorly and the other bent laterally; heliozoan forms 8-10 um with thirty-two axopods. (ref. ID; 1618)

Dimorpha mutans Gruber (ref. ID; 1618, 7718)

Descriptions

Ultrastructure. (ref. ID; 7718)

Measurements

15-20 um in diameter; flagella about 20-30 um long. (ref. ID; 1618)