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PROTOZOOLOGY 



Fig. 107. a, Multicilia marina, x400 (Cienkowski) ; b, M. lacustris, 

 X400 (Lauterborn); c, Mastigamoeba aspera, X200 (Schulze); d, M. 

 longifilum, X340 (Stokes); e, M. setosa, x370 (Goldschmidt) ; f, Masti- 

 gella vitrea, x370 (Goldschmidt). 



Family 2 Mastigamoebidae 



With 1-3 or rarely 4 flagella and axopodia or lobopodia; uni- 

 nucleate; flagellum arises from a basal granule which is often con- 

 nected with the nucleus by a rhizoplast; binary fission in both 

 trophic and encysted stages; sexual reproduction has been re- 

 ported in one species; holozoic or saprozoic; the majority are 

 free-living, though a few parasitic. 



Genus Mastigamoeba Schulze (Mastigina Frenzel). Mono- 

 mastigote, uninucleate, with finger-like pseudopodia; flagellum 

 long and connected with nucleus; fresh water, soil or endocom- 

 mensal. 



