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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. (L. leei ?), locomotive cell monopodial, 22 μm long, 10 μm wide, x 640, drainage ditch near Tama river, Fuchu city, Tokyo, March 10, 2004 by Y. Tsukii
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Lingulamoeba Lingulamoeba Lingulamoeba

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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