Filosea:
Gromiida: Gromiina: Pseudodifflugiidae
Diaphoropodon sp.
Archer, 1869
Diaphorodon (Illustrated Guide, 1985)
Diaphoropodon (Illustrated Guide 2nd., 2000)
Genus: Test ovoid, flexible, with minute foreign bodies and a thick covering of hyaline
hair-like (or spine-like) projections; pseudopodia long, filose, branching (Kudo, 1966).
Species:
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Similar Genus -->> Pseudodifflugia;
Difflugia
Diaphoropodon sp.,
test 105 μm long, 65 μm wide, L/W=1.6,
pseudostome 35 μm wide, spiny projections about 8 μm long,
x 400, x 640, Ushidome-ike (pond), Norikura highland, Azumi village, Nagano Pref., Japan, May 28, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
31 μm
63 μm
94 μm; x 640
D. mobile Archer, 1869: 60-120 μm long,
40-80 μm diam., test ovoid, flexible, attached
particles; spinelike projections 8-10 μm
long; pseudostome terminal 10-20 μm, variable
shape (Illustrated Guide, 1985). One to two contractile vacuoles (Kudo, 1966).
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