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Description:

Bodo celer Klebs, 1893. Bodo cells that are oval, anteriorly beak-shaped, 8-10 microns long and 4-5.5 microns wide. Two flagella insert subapically. The anterior flagellum is about the cell length and the posterior flagellum is longer than the cell. The cells swim with a rotating movement. One contractile vacuole in the anterior part of the cell. Bodo deisgnis may be a synonym of this species. This species may be a synonym of Bodo designis.