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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Anthophysis

Anthophysis Bory (ref. ID; 1618) or Anthophysa Bory, 1824 (ref. ID; 4656)

Synonym Anthophysa (ref. ID; 1618)

[ref. ID; 1618]
Colonial forms, somewhat similar to Cephalothamnium; stalks yellow or brownish and usually bent; detached individuals amoeboid with pointed pseudopodia. (ref. ID; 1618)
  1. Anthophysis vegetans O.F. Muller (ref. ID; 1618)
  1. Anthophysa steini Senn, 1900 (ref. ID; 4656)
    Syn; Heterochromonas cryptostigma Skuja (ref. ID; 4656)
  2. Anthophysa vegetans (Ehrenberg) Stein, 1878 (ref. ID; 4656)
  3. Anthophysa vegetans (O.F. Muller) Stein (ref. ID; 3342, 3343, 3517)
  4. Anthophysa vegetans Stein, 1878 (ref. ID; 4921)

Anthophysis vegetans O.F. Muller (ref. ID; 1618)

Descriptions

Common in stagnant water and infusion. (ref. ID; 1618)

Measurements

About 5-6 um long. (ref. ID; 1618)

Anthophysa vegetans (O.F. Muller) Stein (ref. ID; 3342, 3343, 3517)

Measurements

Average of colony 30-34 um, cells 8.7-12 um. (ref. ID; 3342)
Length of cells 10 um. (ref. ID; 3343)