Elaeorhanis
Elaeorhanis Greeff (ref. ID; 1618)
[ref. ID; 1618]
Spherical; mucilaginous envelope with sand-grains and diatoms; cytoplasm with a large oil globule; nucleus eccentric; one or more contractile vacuoles; pseudopodia not granulated, sometimes forked; fresh water. (ref. ID; 1618)
[ref. ID; 1923]
Nucleus eccentric, generally a central corpuscle from which the axial filaments arise. With a mucilaginous shell aglomerating foreign elements. Outer envelope composed of siliceous grains and diatoms. (ref. ID; 1923)
[ref. ID; 5694]
Amoeboid protists. (ref. ID; 5694)
- Elaeorhanis cincta Greeff (ref. ID; 1618, 2240)
- Elaeorhanis oculea Archer (ref. ID; 1923)
Descriptions
Bluish with a large yellow oil globule; without any food particles; no central granule; pseudopodia rigid, but apparently without axial filaments, sometimes forked; young forms colonial; solitary when mature; in lakes and pools. (ref. ID; 1618)
Measurements
Diameter 50-60 um; body itself 25-30 um. (ref. ID; 1618)
Descriptions
Body enclosed in a spheric membrane; outer investment spheric or ellipsoid. Protoplasm bluish in color containing a large yellow oil globule. Nucleus single, eccentrically placed. Habitat lakes and moorland pools; not common. (ref. ID; 1923)
Measurements
Diameter 50-60 um. (ref. ID; 1923)