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Lobosea: Gymnamoebia: Amoebida: Thecina: Discamoebidae

Vannella miroides
Bovee, 1965

Vannella Genus: Body fan-shaped in locomotion; Anterior, clear fan lacks bosses (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Size, locomotive, 25-30 μm long, 25-35 μm wide; clear antero-lateral border (Illustrated Guide, 1985). More or less flabellate, with anterior edge tending to be somewhat wavy; 25-35 μm in locomotion; nucleus 4-4.5 μm; floating form with tapered pseudopodia of almost equal lengths (Page, 1976).


Vannella miroides, cell body μm long, μm wide, x 200 (left) & x 400, radiate, x 400, Japan, 199? by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400
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