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Pelomyxa

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Pelomyxa animation

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Giant Amoeba (Chaos or Pelomyxa?)

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Death of a Pelomyxa palustris

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Pelomyxa

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PELOMYXA AMEBA AMOEBA

Pelomyxa is a genus of giant flagellar amoeboids, usually 500-800 μm but occasionally up to 5 mm in length, found in anaerobic or microaerobic bottom sediments of stagnant freshwater ponds or slow-moving streams.
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