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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, cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, Fujimitashiro, Oze-ga-hara (Oze marsh), Katashina village, Gunma Pref., Japan, August 3, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Images of collecting locality: Fujimitashiro, Oze-ga-hara (Oze marsh), Katashina village, Gunma Pref., Japan, August 3, 2008 by Y. Tsukii


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