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Zonomyxa

Zonomyxa Nusslin (ref. ID; 1618)

ref. ID; 1618

Test rounded pyriform, flexible, chitinous, violet-colored; endoplasm vacuolated, with chlorophyllous particles; several nuclei; pseudopodia simple, not digitate; fresh water. (ref. ID; 1618)

ref. ID; 1923

Shell membrane simple, and violet. One species resembling Amphizonella, but with many nuclei. (ref. ID; 1923)
  1. Zonomyxa violacea Nusslin (ref. ID; 1316, 1618, 1923)

Zonomyxa violacea Nusslin (ref. ID; 1316, 1618, 1923)

Descriptions

A single lobular pseudopodium with acuminate end; four nuclei; among Sphagnum. (ref. ID; 1618)

Body pyriform during locomotion. Habitat Sphagnum. (ref. ID; 1923)

Measurements

Size 140-160 and to 250 µm in active motion. (ref. ID; 1618, 1923)