Family: Scales round to elliptical, thin.
Genus: Test round or oval in cross-section; pseudostome terminal with dentate scales.
Species: Test elongate-oviform, not compressed, 75-90 μm long, 45-55 μm wide; pseudostome circular, 14-20 μm diam.; body scales scutiform, 11-12 in each row, 8-10 μm long (Cash & Herbert, 1915).

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E. scutigera 65 x 36 μm L/W=1.8 s. ? μm φ Scale; L/W= rows Japan, 1998	E. scutigera 63 x 34 μm L/W=1.9 s. 6 μm φ Scale; L/W= rows Japan, 1998	E. scutigera 57 x 24 μm L/W=2.4 s. μm Scale; L/W= Nidanuma Tsuchiyu-onsen Fukushima, 2005	E. scutigera or E. rotunda ? 48 x 27 μm L/W=1.8 s. 4 μm φ Scale; L/W= 14 rows Uruguay, 1999
E. scutigera or E. rotunda ? 43 x 25 μm L/W=1.7 s. μm Scale; L/W= Hakama marsh Madarao highland Niigata, 2005	E. scutigera or E. rotunda ? 43 x 21 μm L/W=2.0 s. μm Scale; L/W= Sukawa highland Kurikoma mountain Akita, 2005	E. scutigera or E. rotunda ? 40 x 21 μm L/W=1.9 s. μm Scale; L/W= Numa-no-hara m. Madarao highland Niigata, 2005

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