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Genus Vexillifera Schaeffer, 1926

Diagnosis

Small to moderate sized amoebae, somewhat flattened, with monopodial locomotion. Finely tapering subpseudopodia emerge from an anterior lobopodium and may be as long as the cell body, often waving, bending and retracting rather than attaching to the substrate. Cell surface seen as amorphous glycocalyx or differentiated into dicrete hexagonal glycostyles.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
19-Mar-2012 19-Mar-2012 MOVED
07-Apr-2011 ADDED