Q.Distinguish between lobopodium and filopodium.

[!TLDR] Lobopodium is a broad, blunt pseudopodium (as in Amoeba); filopodium is a slender, thread-like, pointed pseudopodium. …

[!ANSWER] Lobopodia and filopodia are two contrasting forms of pseudopodia distinguished chiefly by their shape and internal cytoplasmic composition.

A lobopodium is a broad, blunt, finger- or lobe-shaped extension of the cell body, into which both the clearer outer cytoplasm (ectoplasm) and the granular inner cytoplasm (endoplasm) flow as the pseudopodium forms and the rest of the cell follows — this is the classic pseudopodium type used for both locomotion and phagocytic feeding in Amoeba. …

• Assuming all amoeboid protozoans form the same type of pseudopodium — Amoeba's lobopodia and the filopodia of other groups differ clearly in shape and cytoplasmic content. …