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Lobosea: Gymnamoebia: Amoebida: Flabellina: Flabellulidae

Rosculus ithacus
Hawes, 1963

Rosculus 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:


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
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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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