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Filosea: Gromiida: Euglyphina: Cyphoderiidae

 Cyphoderia ampulla
(Ehrenberg, 1840)

Cyphoderia Genus: Test round in cross-section; scales usually adjacent; aperture truncate (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: 60-140 μm long; 30-75 μm diam.; neck diam. 12-25 μm; test clear, chitinoid, ovoid, round cross-section; with round adjoining scales in yellow matrix; short cylindrical neck, bent; pseudostome, round, 10-25 μm; pseudopods like Euglypha; nucleus spherical 20-30 μm; synonyms, C. margaritacea, C. myosurus (Illustrated Guide, 1985).

Cyphoderia ampulla (Ehrenberg, 1840) , test 130 μm long, 56 μm wide, L/W=, pseudostome 18 μm wide, x 640, No.5, Ikenokochi (or Ikenokouchi) marsh, Tsuruga city, Fukui Pref., Japan, September 24, 2006 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
Cyphoderia ampulla Cyphoderia ampulla Cyphoderia ampulla Cyphoderia ampulla

Images of collecting locality: No.5, Ikenokochi (or Ikenokouchi) marsh, Tsuruga city, Fukui Pref., Japan, September 24, 2006 by Y. Tsukii

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