Description of Asterocaelum
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Medium sized amoebae (usually under 50 µm, but reportedly up to 300 µm) described to date from freshwater. Body usually compact but sometimes extending, pseudopodia radiating in most directions, but tapering from base to tip and without visible extrusomes. Ingest algae whole, and may form spined cysts after food is taken up. From freshwater, Europe (Lough Neagh & Lough Kinross) and North America
