Vampyrella
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For the comic book character, see Vampirella.
Vampyrella is a genus of amoebae belonging to the vampyrellid cercozoans usually ranging from 30-60 μm. Members of the genus alternate between two life stages: a free-living trophozoite stage and a cyst stage in which mitosis occurs.[1] This taxon has received a great deal of attention due to their peculiar feeding behaviour of perforating the cell wall of algal cells and drawing out the contents for nourishment.
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Vampyrella | |
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Vampyrella lateritia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Phylum: | Endomyxa |
Class: | Vampyrellidea |
Order: | Vampyrellida |
Family: | Vampyrellidae |
Genus: | Vampyrella Cienkowsky, 1865 |
Type species | |
Vampyrella lateritia |
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