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Description:
Mastigamoeba (ma-stig-a-me-ba) simplex Kent, 1880. Cells are about 8 microns long with very flexible amoeboid cell body. Pseudopodia are produced from the sides and posterior parts of the cell. One emergent flagellum is about 20 microns long and thickened. The flagellum is directed forwardly and beats stiffly. The nucleus is located in the anterior part of the cell. Rarely observed.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Amoebozoa (amoeboid protists)
- Evosea
- Archamoebae
- Mastigamoebida
- Mastigamoebidae
- Mastigamoeba
- Mastigamoeba simplex
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