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Lobosea: Gymnamoebia: Amoebida: Thecina: Discamoebidae

 Lingulamoeba leei
Sawyer, 1975

Lingulamoeba Family: Small, less than 50 μm; oblong to ovate; ridges faint or absent.
Genus: Body tongue-shaped in locomotion (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Locomotive, lingulate 16-23 μm long, 12.5-17 μm wide; uroid temporary; ectoplasm clear, pale as anterior half of locomotive body; nucleus indistinct, spherical, 2.5 μm; endosome, 1.0 μm; contractile vacuole none (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Similar Genus -->> Cashia; Platyamoeba; Discamoeba

Lingulamoeba sp. (leei ?), locomotive 25-31 μm long, 10 μm wide, rounded 16 μm, x 400, x 1000, Japan, 1997 by Y. Tsukii
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L. leei Sawyer, 1975: Locomotive, lingulate 16-23 μm long, 12.5-17 μm wide; uroid temporary; ectoplasm clear, pale as anterior half of locomotive body; nucleus indistinct, spherical, 2.5 μm; endosome, 1.0 μm; contractile vacuole none (Illustrated Guide, 1985).

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