Lobosea:
Gymnamoebia:
Amoebida: Flabellina: Flabellulidae
Rosculus ithacus
Hawes, 1963
Genus: Small amoeba with rapidly changing form; sometimes spatulate or flabellate; hyaline zone usually
with smoothly irregular edge; sometimes deeply divided;
one known species ? (Page, 1976).
Species:
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Rosculus ithacus (large variety ? or similar species),
cell body 13-19 μm long, 31-44 μm wide,
x 100, x 400, Japan, 1998 by Y. Tsukii
50 μm
100 μm
150 μm; x 400
R. ithacus: 5-17 μm,
exceptionally 25 μm (Page, 1976).
Locomotive 5-15 μm long, rarely to 25
μm; pseudopods clear, eruptive; uroid none
(Illustrated Guide, 1985).
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