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Lobosea: Gymnamoebia: Amoebida: Acanthapodina: Echinamoebidae

 Filamoeba sp.
Page, 1967

Filamoeba Family: Oval to flattened, or elongated; thin to spiny pseudopodia; endocysts not polygonal; lack opercula (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus: Pseudopods long, numerous, formed from hyaline zones (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Pseudopods not anastomosing.
Similar species -->> Penardia

Filamoeba sp., (nolandi ?), by H. Yoshino
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Filamoeba
F. nolandi Page, 1967: Round 10-20 μm; motile irregular 15-50; pseudopods many, filose, 2-10 long; ectoplasm clear; endoplasm finely granular; cyst, round or ovoid, about 10 μm; freshwater (Illustrated Guide, 1985).

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