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Sarcodia: Lobosea: Gymnamoebia: Amoebida: Tubulina: Hartmannellidae

Saccamoeba clava
Frenzel, 1892

Family: Body monopodial; locomotion by slight forward bulging (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
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, multinucleate, tape No. 0110, time code 1319, monopodal 122 μm long, hyaline cap absent, many nuclei 6 μm diam., endosome 4 μm diam., x 400, x 640, Japan, March 1999, by Y. Tsukii


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