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Lobosea: Gymnamoebia: Amoebida: Thecina: Thecamoebidae

 Thecamoeba terricola
(Greefe, 1866) Lepsi, 1960

Thecamoeba terricola Genus: A flattened ovoid or oblong, with longitudinal surface folds and appearance of thickened 'pellicle'; hyaloplasm a crescent at anterior end with thin extensions toward posterior end along sides; uninucleate (Page, 1976).
Species:
Similar species ->> Striamoeba munda

Thecamoeba sp.(terricola), x 200 (1,2) & x 400 (3,4,5), cell length > 100 μm, Japan, 1997 by Y. Tsukii
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