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Filosea: Gromiida: Euglyphina: Euglyphidae

Euglypha acanthophora
(Ehrenberg, 1838)
(Ehrenberg) Perty (Cash, The British Freshwater Rhizopoda and Heliozoa vol. III, 1915).

Euglypha acanthophora Genus: Test round or oval in cross-section; pseudostome terminal with dentate scales (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Size, 55-88 μm long; 25-30 μm diam. Cross-section round, pseudostome round; 3- 8 spine-scales 20 to 35 μm long at base (Illustrated Guide, 1985).


Euglypha acanthophora (Ehrenberg, 1838) ?, test 93 μm long, 47μm wide, L/W=2.0, pseudostome 20 μm wide, scales 10 μm long, 9 μm wide, L/W=1.1, x 640, Kannon-numa Forest Park (pond), Shimogo town, Fukushima Pref., Japan, July 10, 2005, collected by Eizaburo Tsukii, photo by Y. Tsukii
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Euglypha Euglypha Euglypha


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