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Lobosea: Testacealobosia: Arcellinida: Arcellidae

 Arcella vulgaris
Ehrenberg, 1832

Arcella vulgaris 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).
Test 100-150 μm in diameter, 50-80 high (Illustrated Guide, 1985).

Arcella vulgaris (or A. hemisphaerica ?), test chitinoid, areolar, smooth, 100 μm wide (T), 44 μm high (H), H/T=0.4, pseudostome central 28 μm diam. (P), P/T=0.28, two vesicular nuclei, x 400, Japan, 199? by Y. Tsukii
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