Description of Lecythium
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Small to medium sized species. Test: round, lenticular or pyriform, flexible membrane, follows size changes of plasma during feeding or starvation. Aperture often between folds. Plasma fills the test completely, nucleus vesicular or ovular. Division longitudinal, closed orthomitosis, nucleolus disintegrates (L. hyalinum). Habitat: freshwater; in culture the individuals are found in groups. Feeding: herbivore and bacterivore. Type species: Lecythium hyalinum (Ehrenberg, 1838).
Lecythium
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Lecythium is a genus of testate amoebae within the Chlamydophryidae. These amoebae bear a thin and hyaline test and are common in freshwater and soil, one marine species is known. Lecythium spp. feed on fungi or algae.
Described Lecythium species
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Lecythium hyalinum (type species)
- Lecythium granulatus
- Lecythium minutum
- Lecythium kryptosis
- Lecythium mutabilis
- Lecythium terrestris
- Lecythium spinosum
References
- Dumack, Kenneth; Müller, Marina E.H.; Bonkowski, Michael (2016). "Description of Lecythium terrestris sp. nov. (Chlamydophryidae, Cercozoa), a Soil Dwelling Protist Feeding on Fungi and Algae". Protist. 167 (2): 93–105. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2016.01.001. PMID 26874465.
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Lecythium: Brief Summary
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Lecythium is a genus of testate amoebae within the Chlamydophryidae. These amoebae bear a thin and hyaline test and are common in freshwater and soil, one marine species is known. Lecythium spp. feed on fungi or algae.
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