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Lobosea: Testacealobosia: Arcellinida: Difflugiidae

 Difflugia sp.

Difflugia Genus: Pseudostome lacks lobed collar; test round or oval in cross-section; with or lacking a collar (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species:
Similar Genus -->> D. acuminata; D. mammilaris;

Difflugia sp., test 75 μm long, 80 μm wide, L/W=, pseudostome 45 μm wide, x 640, Karakemi marsh, Yasaka village, Nagano Pref., Japan, November 23, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Difflugia Difflugia Difflugia

D. mobile Archer, 1869: 60-120 μm long, 40-80 μm diam., test ovoid, flexible, attached particles; spinelike projections 8-10 μm long; pseudostome terminal 10-20 μm, variable shape (Illustrated Guide, 1985). One to two contractile vacuoles (Kudo, 1966).

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