Saccamoeba limax (Dujardin, 1841)
Diagnosis: Locomotive form slender (L/B c. 4.8); villous bulb common; bipyramidal crystals to about 3.5 µm, seldom more than 30 present, sometimes lost after years in culture; endocytic bacteria in known strains; cup-like surface structures c. 40 nm in diameter; mitochondria never elongate.
Dimensions: 35-85 µm; nucleus 6-11 µm.
Ecology: freshwater, several water types.
N. golemanskyi, after Todorov, 2010 Nebela golemanskyi Todorov, 2010 Diagnosis: Shell large, colourless and pyriform, with a distinct short neck about one fourth of the
N. nebeloides, after Gauthier-Lièvre and Thomas, 1958 Nebela nebeloides (Gauthier-Lièvre and Thomas, 1958) Todorov et al., 2010 Basionym: Difflugia nebeloides Gauthier-Lièvre and Thomas, 1958 Diagnosis:
D. biwae, after Yang and Shen, 2005 Difflugia biwae Kawamura, 1918 Diagnosis: Shell in lateral view fusiform in outline with a straight neck, a conspicuous
D. mulanensis, after Yang et al., 2015 Difflugia mulanensis Yang, Meisterfeld, Zhang and Shen, 2015 Diagnosis: Shell elongate ovoid like a vase, with a distinct
Euglypha bryophila, after Brown, 1911 (L), from Ecuador (R) Euglypha bryophila Brown, 1911 Diagnosis: (Original description) The test is very regular in form and subject
(A) A Scenedesmus cell (arrow) is engulfed by a trophozoite. (B) Several Scenedesmus cells adhere to the surface of a plasmodium that has numerous vacuoles