Family: Body monopodial; locomotion by slight forward bulging (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus: Limax amoebae with hyaline cap usually absent or reduced to slight crescent except upon initiation of new pseudopodium; no villous-bulb uroid (Page, 1976).

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C. limacoides 28 x 8 μm Japan, 199?	C. limacoides 27 x 8 μm Hirose athletic p. Kumagaya Saitama, 2004	C. limacoides 20-24 x 6-8 μm Japan, 1998	Cashia sp.1 20 μm Japan, 199?
Cashia sp. 15 x 4 μm Owada Park Saitama Saitama, 2005	Cashia sp. 11 x 3 μm Uruido Hasuda Saitama, 2005
Cashia sp.2 15 μm Japan, 199?	Cashia sp.4 18 μm Japan, 199?	Cashia sp.3 9 μm Japan, 199?	Cashia sp. or Saccamoeba ? 45-56 μm Japan, 199?

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