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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) Leidy ?, test 100 x 85 μm, μm high, pseudostome 33 x 50 μm, x 640, No. 3-2a, 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 Centrophyxis

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


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