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Lobosea: Testacealobosia: Arcellinida: Arcellina: Cochliopodidae

Cochliopodium actinophorum
Hertwig & Lesser, 1874

Cochliopodium actinophorum Genus: Tectum flexible, punctate, spiny or folded; body mound-like in locomotion; pseudopods clear, conical, under or through tectum (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: 14-80 μm in locomotion, usually 24-55 μm; tectum clearly visible; pseudopodia rarely produced; often many trailing filaments (Page, 1976).


Cochliopodium (actinophorum ?), cell body 42 μm long, 56 μm wide, L/W=0.8, x 640, Kurome river, Asaka city, Saitama Pref., Japan, January 9, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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