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Filosea: Gromiida: Euglyphina: Euglyphidae

Euglypha acanthophora
(Ehrenberg, 1838)
(Ehrenberg) Perty (Cash, The British Freshwater Rhizopoda and Heliozoa vol. III, 1915).

Euglypha acanthophora Genus: Test round or oval in cross-section; pseudostome terminal with dentate scales (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Size, 55-88 μm long; 25-30 μm diam. Cross-section round, pseudostome round; 3- 8 spine-scales 20 to 35 μm long at base (Illustrated Guide, 1985).


Euglypha acanthophora (large variety ?), test 69-75 μm long, 37 μm diam., L/W=1.9-2.0, spines 25-30 μm long, scales 8 μm long, 6 μm wide, L/W=1.3, x 400, Japan, 1997 by Y. Tsukii
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