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Lobosea: Testacealobosia: Arcellinida: Difflugiidae

Difflugia bacillariarum
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Difflugia bacillariarum Genus: Pseudostome lacks lobed collar; test round or oval in cross-section; pseudostome relatively large, with or lacking a collar (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:
Similar species >> D. claviformis; D. acuminata; D. scalpellum;


Difflugia bacillariarum var. elegans (Penard) Cash (similar to D. bacillifera Penard), test 170 μm long, 70 μm wide, L/W=2.4, pseudostome 35 μm wide, x 400, x 640, Tanohara marsh, Shiga highland, Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 1, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Difflugia bacillariarum Difflugia bacillariarum Difflugia bacillariarum
test 140 μm long, 60 μm wide, L/W=2.3, pseudostome about 38 μm wide, x 400, x 640
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Images of collecting locality: Tanohara marsh, Shiga highland, Yamanouchi town, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 1, 2006 by Y. Tsukii


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