Pelomyxa

Domain: Eukaryota

Phylum: Amoebozoa

Class: Archamoebea

Order: Pelobiontida

Family: Pelomyxidae

Genus: Pelomyxa

 

Pelomyxa is a genus of giant flagellar amoebae, 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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Uploaded on January 19, 2022
Taken on February 7, 2021