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Lobosea: Testacealobosia: Arcellinida: Arcellina: Cochliopodidae

Cochliopodium minus
Page, 1976

Cochliopodium minus Genus: Tectum flexible, punctate, spiny or folded; body mound-like in locomotion; pseudopods clear, conical, under or through tectum (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Disc-like in locomotion; anterior hyaloplasmic border sometimes producing short, finely conical pseudopodia; posterior border sometimes trailing short filaments; 14.5-38.5 μm in locomotion, usually 19-38 μm; nucleus, 4.8-6.9 μm (Page, 1976).


Cochliopodium minus (?), cell body 22 μm long, 24 μm wide, with short finely conical pseudopodia, x 400, Japan, 199? by Y. Tsukii
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