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Description:

Vahkampfiid. Flagellated form of a vahlkampfiid amoebo-flagellate. This group of protists can transform from an amoeba, to a flagellate and to a cyst. Typically with long flagella, and a region near the front of the cell which looks like a mouth. Phase contrast. Material from Nymph Creek and Nymph Lake, thermal sites within Yellowstone National Park, photograph by Kathy Sheehan and David Patterson.