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Lobosea: Testacealobosia: Arcellinida: Difflugina: Lesquereusiidae

 Lesquereusia modesta
Rhumbler

Lesquereusia Genus: Pseudostome lacks lobed collar; test round or oval in cross-section; pseudostome at end of bent neck; test more or less coiled or folded (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Test 100 μm long, 80 μm wide (Cash, The British Freshwater Rhizopoda and Heliozoa vol. II, 1909).

Lesquereusia modesta Rhumbler ?, test 102 μm long, 90 μm wide, L/W=1.1, pseudostome 25 μm wide, x 640, wetland at Ichinose-enchi, Norikura highland, Azumi village, Nagano Pref., Japan, May 28, 2005 by Y. Tsukii
scale 50 μm scale 100 μm scale 150 μm; x 400 : scale 31 μm scale 63 μm scale 94 μm; x 640
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Test 130 μm long, 110 μm wide, L/W=1.2, pseudostome 40 μm wide, x 400, x 640
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