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Lobosea: Testacealobosia: Arcellinida: Difflugina: Difflugiidae

 Cucurbitella dentata
Gauthier-Liévre & Thomas, 1960

Cucurbitella dentata Genus: Pseudostome lacks lobed collar; test round or oval in cross-section; with or lacking a collar (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Test 125-140 μm long, 120-130 μm diam.; collar 60-80 μm diam., with incurved spines over round pseudostomal diaphragm; pseudostome 30-50 μm diam. (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Similar species: C. lunaris; C. obturata; C. curvidenta; C. modesta
Similar Genus -->> Difflugia

Cucurbitella sp. (dentata small variety ?), test 66 μm long, 62 μm diam., pseudostome 25 μm diam., x 400, Japan, 1997 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400
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