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Lobosea: Gymnamoebia: Amoebida: Tubulina: Hartmannellidae

 Glaeseria sp.
Volkonsky, 1931

Glaeseria Family: Body monopodial; pseudopods rare; locomotion by slight forward bulging; cysts common.
Genus: Hyaline cap usually present in locomotion; cysts uninucleate to trinuclearte (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Pseudopods formed by forward bulding, with a constriction at base.
Species:

Glaeseria sp. (G. mira ?), locomotive 52 μm long, eruptive anterior bulges, a knob-like uroid, x 640, Japan, 1998 by Y. Tsukii
scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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G. mira (Gläser, 1912): locomotive, cylindroid, 20-50 μm long, 5-10 μm wide; pseudopods none; a knob-like uroid (Illustrated Guide, 1985). locomotive 20-40 μm long (How to know the protozoa, 1979).

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