Mastigamoeba longifilum Stokes
Diagnosis: Body elongate, transparent, very changeable in shape, with few, short, indeterminate pseudopods; cilium active, long, twice body length; contractile vacuole anterior; nucleus anterior, small.
Dimensions: Body 12-28 µm long when extended, contracted about 10 µm.
Ecology: standing water among decaying vegetation.
Fritz Schaudinn (1871 – 1906) was a German zoologist. He was the co-discoverer of the causative agent of syphilis and did research on amoebas, particularly
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