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Sarcodia: Lobosea: Gymnamoebia: Amoebida: Tubulina: Hartmannellidae

Saccamoeba clava
(Schaeffer, 1926)

Genus: Limax amoebae with hyaline cap reduced to shallow crescent or absent in continuing locomotion, though always seen on initiation of pseudopodium; advance often with non-eruptive slight antero-lateral bulging; villous-bulb uroid with more or less rigid fine villi often present (Page, 1976).
Species: Monopodal, 75-125 μm; pseudopods, more or less eruptive; uroid, temporary, of gnarled filaments, 10-15 μm long; ectoplasm smooth; nucleus spherical 14 μm with endosome distinct 8 μm (Illustrated Guide, 1985).


Saccamoeba clava, tape No. 0110, time code 0812, a large vesicular nucleus, locomotive μm long, pseudopods more or less eruptive like Glaeseria, hyaline cap absent, uroid of gnarled filaments temporary, compact nucleus μm, x 400, x 640, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima Pref., Japan, December 1998 by Y. Tsukii


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