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Filosea: Gromiida: Euglyphina: Euglyphidae

 Euglypha tuberculata
Dujardin, 1841

Euglypha tuberculata Genus: Test round or oval in cross-section; pseudostome terminal with dentate scales.
Species: Test elongate-oviform with hemispherical crown, not compressed, 45-100 μm long, 24-50 μm wide; pseudostome circular, 10-20 μm diam.; body scales circular to broadly oval in shape, 8-12 in each row, 10-16 μm long (Cash & Wailes, 1915).

Euglypha tuberculata, test 62 μm long, 31 μm wide, L/W=2.0, pseudostome 12 μm wide, scales 9 x 8 μm, L/W=1.1, x 640, Tane-ike (pond), Togakushi highland, Shinano town, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 12, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Euglypha tuberculata Dujardin, test 58 μm long, 30 μm wide, L/W=1.9, pseudostome 12 μm wide, scales elliptical in shape (10 x 8 μm, L/W=1.3), x 640, Tane-ike (pond), Togakushi highland, Shinano town, Nagano Pref., Japan, June 12, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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