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M.L. Mascaro, A. Osuna, and C. Mascaro; Vexillifera granatensis N. SP. (Gymnamoebia, Paramoebidae), A New Amoeba from Fresh Water. Protistologica XXI(4):467-471, 1985

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The morphology and ultrastructure of a fresh water amoeba, which we include in the genus Vexillifera as a new species, are described. The most distinctive characters are the presence of intracytoplasmic crystalline inclusions and of a glycocalyx with small glycostyles arranged in a regular fashion.