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Myxochrysis

Myxochrysis Pascher (ref. ID; 1618)

[ref. ID; 1618]
Body multinucleate, amoeboid; with yellowish moniliform chromatophores, many leucosin granules and contractile vacuoles; holozoic; surrounded by a brownish envelope which conforms with body form; flagellated swarmers develop into multinucleate plasmodium; plasmotomy and plasmogamy; fresh water. (ref. ID; 1618)
  1. Myxochrysis paradoxa Pascher (ref. ID; 1618)

Myxochrysis paradoxa Pascher (ref. ID; 1618)

Description

In standing water. (ref. ID; 1618)

Measurements

Plasmodium 15-18 um or more in diameter. (ref. ID; 1618)