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Chaos

From the collection Protsville drawings of freshwater protists

Description of Chaos: Locomotive amoebae polypodial or monopodial commonly between 1000 and 2000 µm in length, but up to 5000 µm. Pseudopodia cylindrical, frequently with ridges. Morulate uroid. Multinucleate with up to 1000 or more nuclei per cell. Nuclei biconvex or ellipsoidal discs, around 27 µm in length. Cytoplasm with crystals often bipyramidal. Inhabits swampy freshwater locales. Type species: C. chaos (Linneaus, 1758).

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Chaos in other collections

Chaos carolinense, from Protozoan biomonitors in China	Metachaos diminutiva, from Protozoan biomonitors in China	Metachaos discoides, from Protozoan biomonitors in China	Polychaos timidium, from Protozoan biomonitors in China	Polychaos dubium, from Protozoan biomonitors in China
Polychaos fasciculatum, from Protozoan biomonitors in China	Polychaos nitidubium, from Protozoan biomonitors in China	Polychaos timidium, from Protozoan biomonitors in China	Metachaos, from Drawings of amoebae	Parachaos, from Drawings of amoebae
Thecochaos, from Drawings of amoebae	Polychaos, from Microbes of Convict Lake	Polychaos fasciculatum, from Freshwater protists of ponds and sphagnum near Frankfurt, Germany	Polychaos fasciculatum, from Freshwater protists of ponds and sphagnum near Frankfurt, Germany	Chaos carolinense, from Bay Paul Center
Chaos carolinense, from Bay Paul Center	Chaos carolinense, from Bay Paul Center	Chaos carolinense, from Bay Paul Center	Chaos carolinense, from Bay Paul Center	Chaos carolinense, from Bay Paul Center
Chaos carolinense, from Bay Paul Center	Chaos carolinense, from Bay Paul Center	Chaos carolinense, from Bay Paul Center	Polychaos fasciculatum, from Limnic and marine Protists of Northern Germany and the Alps	Polychaos fasciculatum, from Limnic and marine Protists of Northern Germany and the Alps
Polychaos dubium, from Freshwater and Terrestrial Microbes of Idaho (USA) and Elsewhere	Polychaos dubium, from Freshwater and Terrestrial Microbes of Idaho (USA) and Elsewhere

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