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Lobosea: Testacealobosia: Arcellinida: Centropyxidae

 Centropyxis constricta
(Ehrenberg, 1841)

Centropyxis constricta Genus: Test circular, ovoid or discoid; pseudostome eccentric, circular or ovoidal; with or without spines (Kudo, 1966).
Species: Test 120-150 x 75-100 μm, 60-75 μm in hight, pouch-shaped in oral view, round in lateral, tapered toward anterior; pseudostome 25-30 μm with incurved lips; several similar species (Illustrated Guide, 1985).

Centrophyxis constricta (Ehrenberg) ?, test 110 x 80 μm, μm high, pseudostome 40 x 45 μm, x 640, No. 1, Jodo-daira (bog or marsh) , Azuma mountain, Fukushima city, Fukushima Pref., Japan, September 3, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Centrophyxis Centrophyxis
No. 2b, test μm long, μm high, pseudostome μm wide, x 640
Centrophyxis Centrophyxis

IImages of collecting locality: No. 1, Jodo-daira (bog or marsh) , Azuma mountain, Fukushima city, Fukushima Pref., Japan, September 3, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

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