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Lobosea: Gymnamoebia: Amoebida: Thecina: Discamoebidae

Discamoeba anthyllion

Discamoeba Family: Small, less than 50 μm; oblong to ovate; ridges faint or absent.
Genus: Body ovate in locomotion; longer than broad; with more or less thick clear zone around granular mass; uninucleate (Illustrated Guide, 1985).

Species: 30-35 μm; similar to D. guttula; slow moving (How to know the protozoa, 1979). Clear ectoplasm around cell body.


Discamoeba anthyllion, cell body μm long, μm wide, L/W=, x 640, Nogyo Fureai park (Agricultural friendship park), Ichinodai, Toride city, Ibaraki Pref., Japan, April 28, 2008 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Images of collecting locality: Nogyo Fureai park (Agricultural friendship park), Ichinodai, Toride city, Ibaraki Pref., Japan, April 28, 2008 by Y. Tsukii


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