Bodomorpha

Bodomorpha (bow-dough-more-fa) is a small cercomonad flagellate, virtually indistinguishable from Heteromita, although said to ingest food with pseudopodia formed posteriorly. With two flagella inserting subapically. Mostly from freshwater and soil. Phase contrast micrograph.

Bodomorpha minima Hollande, 1942. Cells are oval or globular in shape, 4-5 microns long, 3-4 microns wide. Not metabolic. As in Bodo, it has a small rostrum in the anterior end, behind which two flagella insert. The posterior flagellum trails posteriorly, while the active flagellum bends slightly ventrally.