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Lobosea: Testacealobosia: Arcellinida: Centropyxidae

Centropyxis aerophila
Deflandre, 1929

Centropyxis aerophila Genus: Test circular, ovoid or discoid; pseudostome eccentric, circular or ovoidal; with or without spines (Kudo, 1966).
Species: 53-85 μm long, 42-66 μm wide; 28-45 μm high; test oval, flattened toward pseudostome, hemispheroid laterally; pseudostome oval, 18-28 x 10-15 μm (Illustrated Guide, 1985).


Centropyxis aerophila Deflandre, test 160 μm long, 150 μm wide, pseudostome 60 μm wide, x 200, x 400, x 640, Koigakubo marsh, Tessei-cho, Okayama Pref., Japan, November 22, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
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