Species: Test puch-shaped, ends round, dorsum arched, ventrum flat or concave; 45-50 μm long, 23-26 μm wide; 22-25 μm high; scales elliptical, overlapping; pseudostome elliptical to round, 8-10 μm, rim invaginated, slightly recuved in (llustrated Guide, 1985).
40-50 μm long (How to know the protozoa, 1979).
Test oviform, compressed anteriorly, formed of circular scales; 32-103 μm long, 15-60 μm wide; pseudostome 6-20 μm, scales 4-12 μm in diam.; nucleus 6-12 μm in diam. (Cash & Wailes, The British Freshwater Rhizopoda and Heliozoa vol. III, 1915).

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Test more than 60 μm long
T. enchelys 106 x 43 μm L/W=2.5 s. 12 μm φ Hachiman-numa m2 Hachimantai Iwate, 2006	T. enchelys 93 x 43 μm L/W=2.2 s. μm φ Hakkoda Gourd L Hakkoda mt. Aomori, 2006	T. enchelys 97 x 42 μm L/W=2.3 s. μm φ Shijuhachi-ike 4 Shiga highland Nagano, 2007	T. enchelys μm L/W= s. μm φ Shijuhachi-ike 4 Shiga highland Nagano, 2008
T. enchelys 102 x 44 μm L/W=2.3 s. 13 μm φ Nidanuma Tsuchiyu-onsen Fukushima, 2005	T. enchelys 85 x 40 μm L/W=2.1 s. 11 μm φ Yoshigadaira Shirane mountain Gunma, 2005	T. enchelys 85 x 39 μm L/W=2.2 s. 11 μm φ Lake Shirakaba Tateshina & Chino Nagano, 2005	T. enchelys 80 x 33 μm L/W=2.4 s. 5-9 μm φ Akebono marsh Tsuchiyu-onsen Fukushima, 2005
v. galeata ? 75 x 33 μm s. 6-10 μm φ Hakama marsh Madarao highland Niigata, 2005	v. galeata ? 75 x 42 μm s. 9 μm φ Sukawa highland Kurikoma mountain Akita, 2005	T. enchelys 74 x 33 μm s. 9-10 μm φ Tanohara marsh Shiga highland Nagano, 2005	T. enchelys 73 x 32 μm s. 8-9 μm φ Tanohara marsh Shiga highland Nagano, 2004
T. enchelys 73 x 40 μm s. 12-13 μm φ Numappara marsh Nasu-shiobara Tochigi, 2007	T. enchelys 73 x 40 μm s. 14 x 17 μm φ Miyatoko marsh Minami-Aizu Fukushima, 2008	T. enchelys 72 x 42 μm s. 12 μm φ Imou bog Toyohashi Aichi, 2004	T. enchelys ? 72 x 38 μm s. ~10 μm Koigakubo marsh Tessei-cho Okayama, 2004
T. enchelys 65 x 27 μm s. 9 x 8 μm Senjo-ga-hara Nikko Tochigi, 2003	T. enchelys 61 x 28 μm s. 6-8 μm φ Daidarabotchi-ike Iizuna-kogen Nagano, 2003	T. enchelys 61 x 28 μm s. μm φ Kumakubo Nasu-shiobara Tochigi, 2005
Test less than 60 μm long
T. enchelys 56 x 25-28 μm s. μm Japan, 1997	T. enchelys 55 x μm Akai wetland Aizuwakamatsu Fukushima, 2008	T. enchelys 50 x 23 μm s. 8 μm φ Kannon-numa Shimogo Fukushima, 2005	T. enchelys 52 x 25 μm s. 9 μm Morito Sawara Chiba, 2004
T. enchelys, cysts ? 51 x 23 μm 56 x 28 μm s. 8 μm Japan, 1998
T. enchelys 44-50 x 19-21 μm s. μm Japan, 1998	T. enchelys 50 x 24 μm s. 10 μm Higashi-hiroshima Hiroshima, 1998 Movies	T. enchelys 50 x 25 μm s. μm Onnenai Kushiro marsh Hokkaido, 2005	T. enchelys 48 x 24 μm s. μm Jionji-shinsui-koen Iwatsuki-ku Saitama, 2006
T. enchelys 42 x 20 μm 45 x 21 μm s. 6-8 μm Onnenai Kushiro marsh Hokkaido, 2005	T. enchelys 48 x 22 μm s. 7 μm Chiba Park Chiba, 2003	T. enchelys 48 x 27 μm s. ? μm Namegawa Saitama, 1999	T. enchelys 46 x 24 μm s. μm Koigakubo marsh Tessei-cho Okayama, 2004
T. enchelys ? rounded 45 x 26 μm s. μm Japan, 1998	T. enchelys ? rounded 44 x 28 μm s. μm Japan, 199?	T. enchelys 45 x 21 μm s. μm Tsukamoto Sakura-ku Saitama, 2004	T. enchelys 45 x 21 μm s. μm Kenashitai Hakkoda mountain Aomori, 2005
T. enchelys 43 x 22 μm s. 8 μm Shimizu-daira Nasu Tochigi, 2005	T. enchelys 42 x 20 μm s. 6 μm Tennoh Tessei-cho Okayama, 2004	T. enchelys 42 x μm s. ? μm Kakuman-buchi Akagi mountain Gunma, 2005	T. enchelys 42 x 21 μm s. ? μm Kashibaru m.2 Karatsu Saga, 2006
T. enchelys 40 x 20 μm s. ? μm Mishima Shizuoka, 2001	T. enchelys 36 x 19 μm s. ? μm Lake Shirakaba Tateshina & Chino Nagano, 2005	T. enchelys 35 x 17 μm s. ? μm Obihiro-Hasshonochi Obihiro Hokkaido, 2005	T. enchelys 48 x 23 μm s. ? μm Iroha-numa 3 Zao mountain Yamagata, 2006
T. enchelys 36 x 17 μm Central Park Kaga Ishikawa, 2007	T. enchelys 39 x 18.5 μm Ohnuma Nasu-shiobara Tochigi, 2006

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