Suborder: Body ovate, oblong or flabellate; surface usually ridged and/or wrinkled with pellicular layer.
Family: Small, less than 50 μm; oblong to ovate; ridges faint or absent.
Genus: Body tongue-shaped in locomotion (Illustrated Guide, 1985).

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L. leei ? 25-31 x 10 μm Japan, 1997	L. leei ? 22 x 10 μm Japan, 1997	L. leei ? 21 x 9 μm Kodai-hasu p. Gyoda Saitama, 2006	Lingulamoeba sp. μm Omine-numa 5 Minakami Gunma, 2007
Lingulamoeba sp.1 15-19 x 5-6 μm near Tama river Fuchu Tokyo, 2004	Lingulamoeba sp.2 ? or Discamoeba 33 x 18 μm Japan, 1999	Lingulamoeba sp.2 ? or Discamoeba 31 x 14 μm Japan, 199?	Lingulamoeba sp.2 ? or Discamoeba 27 x 12-13 μm Japan, 1998
Lingulamoeba sp.2 ? or Discamoeba μm Yanome-dam p. Nasu Tochigi, 2004	Lingulamoeba sp. μm Tokyo, 2001	Lingulamoeba sp. cell μm Japan, 1998
Lingulamoeba sp.3 ? or Paradermamoeba μm Saitama, 1999	Lingulamoeba sp.4 ? or Paradermamoeba μm Japan, 1998	Lingulamoeba sp. 35-36 x 12 μm Kashibaru m. Karatsu Saga, 2008

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