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Lobosea: Testacealobosia: Arcellinida: Difflugina (formerly Arcellina): Hyalospheniidae

Hyalosphenia papilio
Leidy

Hyalosphenia Genus: Test ovate, discoid in cross-section; pseudostome a terminal slit (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Test chitinous, transparent, yellowish; frontal view oblong-oval or pyriform, 110-140 μm long; a minute pore present on each side at the broadest point; lateral view elongate-pyriform; pseudostome forming a shallow notch; transverse section narrowly elliptic; (Cash, The British Freshwater Rhizopoda and Heliozoa vol. II, 1909).


Hyalosphenia papilio Leidy, test 123 μm long, 86 μm wide, L/W=, pseudostome 50 μm wide, x 640, No.3, Yahei-daira (marsh), West of Higashidaiten, Azuma mountains, Yonezawa city, Yamagata Pref., Japan, July 1, 2007 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Hyalosphenia papilio Hyalosphenia papilio

Images of collecting locality: No.3, Yahei-daira (marsh), West of Higashidaiten, Azuma mountains, Yonezawa city, Yamagata Pref., Japan, July 1, 2007 by Y. Tsukii


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