Thecamoeba

Amoebida: Thecina: Thecamoebidae

Striamoeba munda
Penard, 1890



Family & Genus: >100 μm; oblong, or triangulate in locomotion; dorsal surface wrinkled, or ridged (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus: A flattened ovoid or oblong, with longitudinal surface folds and appearance of thickened 'pellicle'; hyaloplasm a crescent at anterior end with thin extensions toward posterior end along sides; uninucleate (Page, 1976).

Species: 30-80 μm long (Page, 1976).


Striamoeba munda, x 400, x 640, Uruguay Nov. 1999, photo by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640


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