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Amphizonella

Amphizonella Greeff, 1866 (ref. ID; 3693)

ref. ID; 1618

Test membranous with a double marginal contour; inner membrane smooth, well-defined outer serrulate aperture inverted; a single nucleus; pseudopodia blunt, digitate, and divergent. (ref. ID; 1618)

ref. ID; 1923

Shell membrane double; with an external mucilaginous layer. One species. See Zonomyxa (ref. ID; 1923)
  1. Amphizonella digitata Greeff
    See; Cochliopodium digitatum (Greeff) Penard, 1902 (ref. ID; 3693)
  2. Amphizonella flava Greeff
    See; Corycia flava (ref. ID; 3693)
  3. Amphizonella vestita Archer, 1871
    See; Cochliopodium vestitum (ref. ID; 3693)
  4. Amphizonella violacea Greeff (ref. ID; 1618, 1923, 3693, 7857)
    Syn; Zonomyxa violacea Nusslin (ref. ID; 3693)

Amphizonella violacea Greeff (ref. ID; 1618, 1923, 3693, 7857)

Synonym

Zonomyxa violacea Nusslin (ref. ID; 3693)

Descriptions

Test patelliform; violet-tinted; with chlorophyllous corpuscles and grains; sluggish; fresh water. (ref. ID; 1618)

Protoplasm violet. One nucleus. Patelliform during locomotion. Habitat mosses and Sphagnum. (ref. ID; 1923)

Measurements

Average diameter 160 µm. (ref. ID; 1618)

Diameter 125-250 µm. (ref. ID; 1923)