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Sarcodia: Lobosea

Arccella vulgaris
Ehrenberg, 1832

Genus: Test variable, chitinoid; binucleate (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Group [Vulgaroides]: Test hemispherical; height 1/2 ~ 4/5 diam.; lacks external shelf or rim.
Species: Test 30-100 μm in diameter; height of test about 1/2 the diameter; dome of hemispherical test evenly convex; pseudostome cicular, central; colorless, yellow, or brown; two vesicular nuclei; several contractile vacuoles (Kudo, 1966).


Arccella vulgaris Ehrenberg 1832, tape No. 0072, time code 0000, Tokyo, Japan, August, 1998 by Y. Tsukii


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