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Sarcodia: Lobosea: Gymnamoebia: Amoebida: Thecina: Thecamoebidae

Thecamoeba
Fromentel, 1874 (Schaeffer, 1926 ?)
This may include Striamoeba Jahn, Bovee & Griffith, 1974

Family & Genus: >100 μm; oblong, or triangulate in locomotion; dorsal surface wrinkled, or ridged (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus: A flattened ovoid or oblong, with longitudinal surface folds and appearance of thickened 'pellicle'; hyaloplasm a crescent at anterior end with thin extensions toward posterior end along sides; uninucleate (Page, 1976).

T. verrucosa ?
7 clips
Japan, 1999

Thecamoeba sp. ?
10 clips
Japan, 1998

Thecamoeba sp. ?
5 clips
Japan, 1998

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