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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 var. brevispina Penard ?, test 72 μm long, 38 μm wide, pseudostome 17 μm wide, scales elliptical in shape, 10 μm long, 8 μm wide, L/W=1.3, spines about 15 μm long, x 640, Aizu Recreation Park, Aizuwakamatsu city, Fukushima Pref., Japan, May 4, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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