Bodo globosus Stein, 1878. Bodo cells that during movement are globular or ovoid, without any anterior process. The trailing flagellum is invariably much longer than the anterior one. The contractile vacuole lies in the anterior half of the body. Solid food particles are taken in near base of flagella. Length of body 9 to 12 microns, diameter 8-11 microns.
