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Lobosea: Gymnamoebia: Amoebida: Tubulina: Amoebidae

Polychaos
Schaeffer, 1926

Family: Usually polypodial, pseudopods granular, cylindroid.
Genus: Pseudopods meld at bases during polypodial locomotion; nucleus oval (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Usually polypodial; pseudopodia sometimes flattening and broadening towards ends; may be monopodial in rapid locomotion; no dorsal ridges (Page, 1976).
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Polychaos dubium
P. dubium
13 samples
Nucleus granulated
Japan, 199?-2008

Polychaos ?
or Trichamoeba ?
Nucleus dented
Ibaraki, 2000
Polychaos
Polychaos ?
or Trichamoeba ?
Nucleus dented
Asakura
Kochi, 2002
Polychaos
P. timidum ?
Japan, 1997
Polychaos
P. fasciculatum ?
Japan, 1999

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