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Lobosea: Testacealobosia: Arcellinida: Centropyxidae

Centropyxis constricta
(Ehrenberg, 1841)

Centropyxis Genus: Test circular, ovoid or discoid; pseudostome eccentric, circular or ovoidal; with or without spines (Kudo, 1966).
Species: Test 120-150 x 75-100 μm, 60-75 μm in hight, pouch-shaped in oral view, round in lateral, tapered toward anterior; pseudostome 25-30 μm with incurved lips; several similar species (Illustrated Guide, 1985).


Centropyxis constricta (small variety ?), 66 μm, 50 μm wide, 38 μm high, x 400, x 640, Japan, 199? by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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