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Filosea: Gromiida: Euglyphina: Euglyphidae

 Euglypha scutigera
Penard

Euglypha scutigera Family: Scales round to elliptical, thin.
Genus: Test round or oval in cross-section; pseudostome terminal with dentate scales.
Species: Test elongate-oviform, not compressed, 75-90 μm long, 45-55 μm wide; pseudostome circular, 14-20 μm diam.; body scales scutiform, 11-12 in each row, 8-10 μm long (Cash & Herbert, 1915).

E. scutigera Penard ?, test 63 μm long, 34 μm diam., no spines, scale 6 μm long, about 16 longitudinal rows of scales each consisting of 9-10 (or more?) scales, x 400, Japan, 1998 by Y. Tsukii

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Euglypha Euglypha Euglypha

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