Bodo sp.
Ehrenberg
Genus: Small, ovoid, but plastic; cytostome anterior; encystment common (Kudo, 1966).
Cytostome at the tip of a short rostrum which is ventral or tateral to the flagellar pocket
(Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:
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Bodo sp. (B. caudatus ?),
cell body 10 μm long, 3-4 μm wide, flagellum μm long,
x 400, x 640, Japan, March 1999 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
B. caudatus Dujardin: Highly flattened; usually tapering posteriorly;
11-22 μm long,
5-10 μm wide;
anterior flagellum about body length; trailing (recurrent) flagellum longer;
blepharoplast (Kudo, 1966).
B. edax Klebs: Pyriform with bluntly pointed ends;
11-15 μm long,
5-7 μm wide (Kudo, 1966).
Ovoid; common in stagnant waters and plast infusions (How to know the protozoa, 1979).
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