Genus: Free-living; skeleton with or without coat; spicules included in a coat more or less visible; radial siliceous spicules; ordered spicules (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Mucilaginous envelope with spindle-shaped or discoidal spicules which extend normally outwards along pseudopodia (Kudo, 1966).

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R. pallida spicules extend along axopodia Japan, 199?	R. pallida μm Mizuko Fujimi Saitama, 2003	R. pallida ? spicules extend along axopodia Japan, 199?	R. pallida spicules 23 μm slightly curved Chiba, 2000
Raphidiophrys sp. ? spicules μm slightly curved ? Japan, 1998 Movies	Raphidiophrys sp. Uruguay, 1999	Raphidiophrys sp.2 ? Japan, 1998 Movies	Raphidiophrys sp. μm Kannon-numa Shimogo Fukushima, 2005
Raphidiophrys sp. 29 μm Myoyo Fukiage Saitama, 2004	Raphidiophrys sp. 35 μm Tsukamoto Sakura-ku Saitama, 2004	Raphidiophrys sp. μm Daidarabotchi-ike Iizuna-kogen Nagano, 2003	Raphidiophrys sp. 18 μm Riverside green l. Sawara Chiba, 2004
R. elegans cytoplasm connected cell 75 μm near Oyomi marsh Hakuba Nagano, 2004	R. elegans cytoplasm connected Shimo-muneoka Shiki Nagano, 2004	R. elegans cell μm Nagaike park Hachioji Tokyo, 2005	R. capitata cell 35 μm Futayo-no-ike Haguro mountain Yamagata, 2005
Raphidiophrys sp. cell μm Japan, 1998	Raphidiophrys sp. cell μm Kamiya Park Konosu Saitama, 2003	Raphidiophrys sp. 27 μm φ Numa-no-hara m. Madarao highland Niigata, 2005	Raphidiophrys sp. 24 μm φ Numa-no-hara m. Madarao highland Niigata, 2005
Raphidiophrys sp. 29 μm φ Kakuman-buchi Akagi mountain Gunma, 2005	Raphidiophrys sp. ? 25 μm φ Kannon-numa Shimogo Fukushima, 2005

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