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Filosea: Gromiida: Euglyphina: Cyphoderiidae

Cyphoderia ampulla
(Ehrenberg, 1840)

Cyphoderia Genus: Test round in cross-section; scales usually adjacent; aperture truncate (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: 60-140 μm long; 30-75 μm diam.; neck diam. 12-25 μm; test clear, chitinoid, ovoid, round cross-section; with round adjoining scales in yellow matrix; short cylindrical neck, bent; pseudostome, round, 10-25 μm; pseudopods like Euglypha; nucleus spherical 20-30 μm; synonyms, C. margaritacea, C. myosurus (Illustrated Guide, 1985).


Cyphoderia ampulla, cell body 109 μm long, 43 μm wide, pseudostome 16 μm diam., x 640, Asahiga-oka park, Sukagawa city, Fukushima Pref., Japan, 2001 collected by H. Shiomizu, photo by Y. Tsukii
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Filopodia extending from pseudostome
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