mastigameba

[Gr. mastix (gen it, mastigos)=a whip, and Eng., ., amœba (q. v.).] Zool .: A genus of Naked Lobose Rhizopods. Mas tig amæba aspers a is an intermediate form between the Rhizopod a and the Flagellate Infusoria. It is about 1 mm. long, tapering at the ends, with many pseudopods, and a general investment of minute bodies. There is a flagellum projecting in front from an ovate corpuscle inclosing a nuclear body.