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Nassophorea: Nassulida: Nassulina: Nassulidae

 Nassula sp.
Ehrenberg, 1833

Nassula Family: Body ellipsoidal, uniformly ciliated; hypostomial frange short; prominent cytopharyngeal apparatus (Carey, 1992).
Genus: Oral aperture small, oval (Carey, 1992).
Species:
Similar species --> Paranassula

Nassula sp. ?, cell body 80 μm long, 50 ? μm wide, L/W=1.6, x 640, Kenmin-kenko-fukushi-mura Park, Koshigaya city, Saitama Pref., Japan, January 29, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Nassula Nassula

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