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Lobosea: Testacealobosia: Arcellinida: Difflugiidae

 Difflugia oblonga
var. venusta (Penard) Cash

Difflugia oblonga Genus: Pseudostome lacks lobed collar; test round or oval in cross-section; pseudostome relatively large, with or lacking a collar (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Test pyriform, flask-shaped, or ovoid; neck variable in length; aperture terminal, typically circular; test composed of angular sand-grains, diatoms; 60-580 μm by 40-240 μm (Kudo, 1966).
Similar species -->> D. scaplellum; D. acuminata;

Difflugia oblonga Ehrenberg ?, test 137 μm long, 58 μm wide, L/W=2.4, pseudostome 25 μm wide, x 640, Akebono marsh, Nidanuma (Nitanuma), Tsuchiyu-onsen, Fukushima city, Fukushima Pref., Japan, October 28, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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