Genus: Pseudostome lacks lobed collar; test round or oval in cross-section;
pseudostome relatively large, with or lacking a collar (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: 45-50 μm long for small varieties,
100-600 μm long for large varieties;
25-30 μm wide (test diam.), small;
70-350 μm wide, large;
test flask-shaped, base round or polygonal,
narrow tapered neck; chitinoid, large imbedded quartz grains; Symbiont, green alga (Kudo, 1966).
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