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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 (Ehrenberg) ?, test 75 μm long, 53 μm wide, L/W=1.4, pseudostome circular 25 μm in diam., x 640, Yoshigadaira (or Yoshigataira) marsh, Shirane mountain, Kusatsu town, Gunma Pref., Japan, June 5, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Centropyxis constricta Centropyxis constricta


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