Vampyrella lateritia
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Vampyrella lateritia , the brick-red vampire amoeba, is a shellless amoeba from the family Vampyrellidae , tribe Cercozoa, living in freshwater.
features
The amoeba is spherical with a diameter of 30 to 40 micrometers. It has numerous thread-like pseudopodia and thus resembles a sun animal . Unlike these, however, it can move amoeboidly with the help of lobed pseudopodia that are also present. In the endoplasm there are contractile vacuoles , numerous cell nuclei and orange-red colored granules.
Occurrence and nutrition
The species occurs in all waters in which thread algae occur. It drills holes in their cell membranes and sucks out the cell contents.
supporting documents
- Heinz Streble , Dieter Krauter : Life in a drop of water. Microflora and microfauna of freshwater. An identification book. 10th edition. Kosmos, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-440-10807-4 , p. 226.