Vannella Bovee, 1965

Patsyuk, M. K., 2016, New Finds Of Naked Amoebae (Protista) In Water Reservoirs Of Ukraine, Vestnik Zoologii 50 (4), pp. 291-300 : 294

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Genus Vannella Bovee, 1965 View in CoL

The genus Vannella contains amoebae of the fan-shaped morphotype. When in motion, their shape is either fan-like or a half-circle, a crescent, or shovel-like. Most species have single vesicular nuclei, while some have peripheral nucleoli. They are capable of producing floating forms; this ability is one of the main diagnostic features. There were some cases of cyst formation observed.

There are species that live in fresh and salt water and in soil ( Alimov, 2000).